65, Lot: 143. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ROMAN PROVINCIAL. Moesia and Thrace. Lot of seven Æ. Includes the following: THRACE, Mesembria. Philip II as Caesar. Æ 27mm. Bare head of Philip right, facing bust of Serapis left / Concordia-Homonoia. BMC Thrace pg. 135, 23. Nice VF, dark gray-green patina // MOESIA INFERIOR, Dionysopolis. Gordian III. Æ 25mm. Confronted busts of Gordian and Serapis / Hygieia right. AMNG 395 var.(reverse legend). VF, dark brown patina // MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis. Severus Alexander. Æ 26mm. Laureate and draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple; within, statue of Aesculapius. AMNG I 1531. Nice Fine, dark brown patina // THRACE, Augusta Traiana. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. Æ 19mm. Bare head right / Hygeia standing right. Apparently unpublished in the major references. Near VF, black patina, smoothed // Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Æ 18mm. Laureate head right / Female(?) figure standing, facing, holding patera and bow(?) Cf. Mionnet Supp. II, pg. 508, 1788. VF, black patina, a little rough // MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla as Caesar. 196-198 AD. Æ 16mm. Bare head right / Apollo standing. AMNG 1491. VF, dark brown patina, minor smoothing // MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus. 193-211 AD. Æ 15mm. Laureate head right / Hermes standing left. BMC Thrace pg. 42, 11. VF, brown patina. Seven (7) coins total in lot.