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ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of nine (9) River-god themed provincial coins, Thrace. Includes:
1) THRACE, Pautalia. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Triassarion (25mm, 10.25 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Strymon reclining left, holding poppy, two ears of grain, and reed, and resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Tachev, Pautalia 38 (O218/R39); Ruzicka 59. Brown patina, light roughness. Good Fine.
2) THRACE, Pautalia. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Triassarion (25mm, 12.16 g, 1h). Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Strymon reclining left on rocks, holding grain ears and reed; resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Tachev Pautalia 41 (O16/R–; unrecorded rev. die); Ruzicka 54; RPC IV.1 8784; Varbanov 4440 corr. (obv. legend and bust). Brown patina, scratches, deposits. Near VF.
3) THRACE, Pautalia. Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Triassarion (25mm, 10.39 g, 7h). Struck AD 157-158. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Strymon reclining left on rocks, holding grain ears and reed. Tachev Pautalia 8 (O5/R8); Ruzicka 28; RPC IV.1 8764; Varbanov 4435. Brown patina, scratches, pitting. Near VF.
4) THRACE, Pautalia. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Triassarion (24mm, 9.86 g, 12h). Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Strymon reclining left on rocks, holding grain ears and reed; resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Tachev Pautalia 37 (O16/R–; unrecorded rev. die); Ruzicka 54; RPC IV.1 8784; Varbanov 4440 corr. (obv. legend and bust). Brown patina, porosity, scrape on obverse. Fine. Tachev Plate Coin.
5) THRACE, Pautalia. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Triassarion (25mm, 10.65 g, 1h). Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Strymon reclining left on rocks, holding grain ears and reed; resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Tachev Pautalia 41 (O16/R35); Ruzicka 54; RPC IV.1 8784; Varbanov 4440 corr. (obv. legend and bust). Dark green patina, roughness. Good Fine.
6) THRACE, Pautalia. Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Triassarion (23mm, 7.57 g, 1h). Struck AD 157-158. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Strymon reclining left on rocks, holding grain ears and reed. Cf. Tachev Pautalia 8 (O5/R8); cf. Ruzicka 28; cf. RPC IV.1 8764; cf. Varbanov 4435. Brown patina, granular surfaces. Near Fine. Obverse legend nonexistent, making exact identification impossible.
7) THRACE, Pautalia. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Triassarion (25mm, 9.51 g, 12h). Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Strymon reclining left on rocks, holding grain ears and reed. Tachev Pautalia 37 (O16/R37 [this coin]); Ruzicka 54; RPC IV.1 8784; Varbanov 4440 corr. (obv. legend and bust). Green-brown patina, porosity, flan crack. Near VF. Very rare variety.
8) THRACE, Pautalia. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 16.11 g, 1h). Quintus Sicinnius Clarus, legatus Augusti pro praetore Thraciae. Struck AD 201-202. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Strymon reclining left, looking right, holding reed and resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Tachev Pautalia 149 (O11/R67); Ruzicka 293; Varbanov 4623 corr. (rev. description). Dark green patina, porosity, deposits. Good Fine.
9) THRACE, Nicopolis ad Nestum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Pentassarion (30mm, 14.50 g, 1h). Struck AD 209-212. Laureate head right / River-god Nestos reclining left, looking right, holding reed and resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Komnick 14 (V3/R26 [unrecorded die pair]); H&J, Nicopolis 9.18.32.2; Varbanov 4344. Green patina, roughness, lamination flaws. Fine. Very rare, only one in CoinArchives. For Lot: Near Fine-Fine. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Nine (9) coins in lot.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.
Closing Date and Time: 1 November 2023 at 15:30:40 ET.
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.
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