|
ROMAN. Provincial. Lot of five (5) River-god themed provincial coins, Serdica. Includes:
1) THRACE, Serdica. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Triassarion (26mm, 8.51 g, 12h). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / River-god Oiskos reclining left, head right, holding reed, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Ruzicka, Serdica 20; H&J, Serdica 12.8.32.1; RPC IV.1 Online 7400; Varbanov 1909. Brown surfaces, porosity, scrapes on obverse. Near VF. Very rare.
2) THRACE, Serdica. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 10.62 g, 12h). T. Statilius Barbarus, legatus Augusti pro Praetore Thraciae. Struck AD 196-198. [AYT K] Λ CЄ Π [CЄYHPOC ΠЄPTIN], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / [HΓM C TA] BAPBA CЄPΔΩN, 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. Brown patina, porosity. Good Fine. Very rare.
3) THRACE, Serdica. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Tetrassarion (29mm, 14.25 g, 1h). AVT K M AVPH CEVH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, river-god Oiskos reclining left, holding branch, resting elbow on urn from which water flows; to left, tree. H&J, Serdica –; Ruzicka, Serdica –; Varbanov –; CNG E390; lot 314. Brown patina, roughness. Fine. Very rare, possibly the second and third known in this lot.
4) THRACE, Serdica. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Tetrassarion (29mm, 16.11 g, 1h). AVT K M AVPH CEVH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, river-god Oiskos reclining left, holding branch, resting elbow on urn from which water flows; to left, tree. H&J, Serdica –; Ruzicka, Serdica –; Varbanov –; CNG E390; lot 314. Red-brown patina, green deposits, minor roughness. Near VF. Very rare.
5) THRACE, Serdica. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Tetrassarion (30mm, 16.56 g, 12h). AVT K M AVPH CEVH ANTΩNEINOC, radiate head right / OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, river-god Oiskos reclining left, holding grain ears and reed, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. H&J, Serdica 12.18.32.5 var. (obv. legend); Ruzicka, Serdica –; Varbanov –. Green patina, thick deposits on reverse, cleaning scratches, pit on obverse. Fine. Very rare, unpublished variety. For Lot: Near Fine-Fine. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.
Closing Date and Time: 1 November 2023 at 15:32:00 ET.
All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.
|
