274, Lot: 536. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of five (5) bronzes of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander from Tomis. Includes: Elagabalus. Æ Tetrassarion. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aphrodite standing right; dolphin to left, to right, Eros on column; Δ in left field. Varbanov 5175 // Elagabalus. Æ Tetrassarion. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, head right, with wreath in beak; Δ in upper left field. Varbanov 5241 var. (legends) // Elagabalus. Æ Tetrassarion. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Figure standing left within tetrastyle temple, holding patera and scepter; Δ in pediment. Cf. Varbanov 5293 for reverse type // Severus Alexander. Æ Tetrassarion. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hygeia standing right, feeding serpent from patera; Δ in left field. Varbanov 5363 // Severus Alexander. Æ Tetrassarion. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche standing facing, head left, holding long scepter and cornucopia; at feet to right, the river god Hebros swimming right; Δ in left field. Varbanov 5403. Near VF to Good VF, green and brown patinas, one double struck. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.