Varbanov Plate Coin

348, Lot: 451. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Philippopolis. Geta. AD 209-211. Æ (29mm, 16.42 g, 11h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis standing left, holding tree and patera over lighted altar to left. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 454; Varbanov 1621 (this coin illustrated). Near EF, green patina, a few light flan cracks. Rare.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.