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11 October 2020
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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  65 CHF
Lot 424

MOESIA INFERIOR. Marcianopolis. Septimius Severus, 193-211. (Bronze, 27 mm, 9.66 g, 12 h), struck under the consular legate, Aurelius Gallus, 201/2. AY K Λ CEΠ CEYHPOC Π Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. Y (AY) ΓAΛΛOΥ MAP-KIANOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding kantharos with his extended right hand and long filleted thyrsos in his left; at his feet to left, panther to left, his head turned backwards to face the God of wine. H&J 6.14.8.2. Varbanov 746 (same obv. die as illustrated). Brown patina. Flan crack and minor porosity, otherwise, very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, acquired from Edgar Owen on August 2000 (inv. no: 4931).

Online bidding closes: 11 Oct 2020, 17:32:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 01:08:50 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:65 CHF by grey (4 bids)
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