68, Lot: 130. Estimate $75. Sold for $76. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Byzantium. Time of Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. Æ 23mm (8.41 gm). BYZAS, helmeted and bearded head of Byzas right / Horse-headed prow of war galley left; waves and dolphin below; HP monogram behind. Cf. SNG Lewis 1229 (no ethnic on obverse; Z before head); SNG Copenhagen 508 (same obverse); BMC Thrace pg. 98, 57 var. (armed man on prow, holding parazonium and extending hand). VF, dark olive patina.