374, Lot: 361. Estimate $750. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Perinthus. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Medallion (39mm, 38.29 g, 2h). ΑV Κ Λ CЄΠTI CЄVΗΡΟΣ ΠЄ, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄΙΑ ΠЄΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ / ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ, Hercules advancing left, holding club over head; in background, two bulls advancing left. Schönert-Geiss,
Perinthos 525 (same dies); Varbanov 205 (same dies as illustration). VF, dark green surfaces, some smoothing. Very rare.