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ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of seven (7) River-god themed provincial coins, Philippopolis. Includes:
1) THRACE, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (30mm, 18.28 g, 6h). L. Pullaienus Gargilius Antiquus, legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae. Struck AD 161. Laureate head right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, holding grain ears, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Varbanov, Philippopolis VI.28.3.5 (O2/R5); Mouchmov, Philippopolis 42; RPC IV.1 Online 7415; Varbanov 676. Red-green patina, light roughness. Near VF.
2) THRACE, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (31mm, 18.58 g, 12h). L. Pullaienus Gargilius Antiquus, legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae. Struck AD 161. Laureate head right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, holding grain ears, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Varbanov, Philippopolis VI.28.3 (O2/R–; unrecorded rev. die); Mouchmov, Philippopolis 42; RPC IV.1 Online 7415; Varbanov 676. Green patina, porosity, scratches, dig mark on reverse. Good Fine.
3) THRACE, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (30mm, 16.91 g, 6h). L. Pullaienus Gargilius Antiquus, legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae. Struck AD 161. Laureate head right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, holding grain ears, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Varbanov, Philippopolis VI.28.3.9 (O3/R6); Mouchmov, Philippopolis 42; RPC IV.1 Online 7415; Varbanov 676. Red-brown surfaces, roughness. Near Fine.
4) THRACE, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (31mm, 18.34 g, 12h). L. Pullaienus Gargilius Antiquus, legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae. Struck AD 161. Laureate head right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, holding grain ears, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Varbanov, Philippopolis VI.28.1.1 (O1/R1); Mouchmov, Philippopolis 42; RPC IV.1 Online 7415; Varbanov 676. Rough brown patina. Fine.
5) THRACE, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (30.5mm, 17.56 g, 7h). L. Pullaienus Gargilius Antiquus, legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae. Struck AD 161. Laureate head right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, holding grain ears, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Varbanov, Philippopolis VI.28.3.6 (O2/R6); Mouchmov, Philippopolis 42; RPC IV.1 Online 7415; Varbanov 676. Red-brown patina, green deposits, patches of bare metal. Good Fine.
6) THRACE, Philippopolis. Crispina. Augusta, AD 178-182. Æ (18mm, 3.48 g, 6h). Draped bust right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Varbanov, Philippopolis VI.23.2; Mouchmov, Philippopolis 257; RPC IV.1 Online 7623; Varbanov 1155. Red-brown patina, roughness, small edge chip. Near Fine. Very rare.
7) THRACE, Philippopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (17mm, 4.09 g, 12h). Struck AD 218-220. Laureate head right / River-god Hebrus reclining left and resting hand on urn from which water flows, placing right hand on prow of ship. Varbanov, Philippopolis XVII.36.1; Mouchmov, Philippopolis –; RPC VI Online 610; Varbanov 1793. Brown patina, roughness. Near Fine. Very rare. For Lot: Near Fine-Near VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Seven (7) coins in lot.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.
Closing Date and Time: 1 November 2023 at 15:31:40 ET.
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.
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