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ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of eight (8) River-god themed provincial coins, primarily Augusta Traiana. Includes:
1) THRACE, Serdica. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 11.57 g, 12h). T. Statilius Barbarus, legatus Augusti pro Praetore Thraciae. Struck AD 196-198. [AYT] K Λ CЄ Π CЄY[HPOC ΠЄPTIN], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / HΓM C TA BAPBA [CЄP]ΔΩN, river-god Oiskos reclining left, holding branch, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. H&J, Serdica 12.14.32.1 corr. (obv. legend); Ruzicka, Serdica –; Varbanov 1943. Green patina, roughness, minor deposits. Good Fine. Very rare.
2) THRACE, Augusta Traiana. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Pentassarion (31mm, 21.69 g, 7h). Quintus Tullius Maximus, legatus Augusti pro Praetore Thraciae. Struck AD 161-169. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, head right, holding branch, resting hand on urn from which water flows. Schönert-Geiss, Augusta Traiana 20 (V4/R18); RPC IV.1 Online 10327; Varbanov 870. Red-brown surfaces, porosity. Fine.
3) THRACE, Augusta Traiana. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Pentassarion (29mm, 18.42 g, 1h). Quintus Tullius Maximus, legatus Augusti pro Praetore Thraciae. Struck AD 161-169. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, head right, holding branch, resting hand on urn from which water flows. Schönert-Geiss, Augusta Traiana 6-9 (V3/R– [unrecorded rev. die]); RPC IV.1 Online 10327; Varbanov 870. Rough brown patina. Fine. Rare variety.
4) THRACE, Augusta Traiana. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Pentassarion (29mm, 16.94 g, 7h). Quintus Tullius Maximus, legatus Augusti pro Praetore Thraciae. Struck AD 161-169. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, head right, holding branch, resting hand on urn from which water flows. Schönert-Geiss, Augusta Traiana 20 var. (V4/R–; [unrecorded rev. die]); RPC IV.1 Online 10327; Varbanov 870. Brown patina, earthen deposits, scratches. Fine. Rare variety.
5) THRACE, Augusta Traiana. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Pentassarion (31mm, 20.96 g, 7h). Quintus Tullius Maximus, legatus Augusti pro Praetore Thraciae. Struck AD 161-169. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, head right, holding branch, resting hand on urn from which water flows. Schönert-Geiss, Augusta Traiana 22 (V5/R– [unrecorded rev. die]); RPC IV.1 Online 10327; Varbanov 870. Dark green patina, porosity, scratch on obverse. Fine.
6) THRACE, Augusta Traiana. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Assarion (19mm, 3.71 g, 6h). Struck AD 161-163. Bare head right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, resting right hand on knee, left elbow on urn from which water flows. Schönert-Geiss, Augusta Traiana 25 (V7/R23); RPC IV.1 Online 3898; Varbanov 850. Red-brown patina. Near VF. Very rare.
7) THRACE, Augusta Traiana. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Pentassarion (30mm, 16.53 g, 1h). Struck AD 209-210. AYT K M AYP CEYH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, head right, holding branch and resting hand on urn from which water flows. Schönert-Geiss, Augusta Traiana – (both dies unrecorded); Varbanov –. Brown patina, roughness, green deposits. Near VF. Extremely rare, unpublished.
8) THRACE, Augusta Traiana. Geta. AD 209-211. Æ Assarion (18.5mm, 5.06 g, 11h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, wearing aegis on back / River-god Hebrus reclining left, head right, holding branch and resting hand on urn from which water flows. Schönert-Geiss, Augusta Traiana 504 (V146/R424); Varbanov 1355. Brown and green patina, roughness. Near VF. Very rare. For Lot: Fine-Near VF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Eight (8) coins in lot.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.
Closing Date and Time: 1 November 2023 at 15:29:20 ET.
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.
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