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Obolos 16

11 October 2020
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Unpublished bust type

Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  130 CHF
Lot 453

MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Macrinus, 217-218. (Bronze, 25 mm, 9.55 g, 6 h), struck under the consular legate Statius Longinus. [AYT K M] ΟΠEΛ CEΥ ΜΑΚΡEIΝΟC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus to right. Rev. ΥΠ CΤΑ Λ[ΟΝΓΙΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠ]ΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΠΡΟC Ι Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding kantharos in right hand, thyrsos in left. Cf. H&J 8.23.8.5 (bust). Cf. Varbanov 3440 (bust). Lovely green patina. Very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, acquired from Athena Münzhandlung in May 1999.

Online bidding closes: 11 Oct 2020, 17:46:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 24 Apr 2024, 17:08:42 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:130 CHF by MailBidder2339 (4 bids)
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