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Obolos 3

15 November 2015
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Starting Price: 350 CHF
Hammer Price:  350 CHF
Lot 296

THRACE, Philippopolis. Domitian, 81-96. Pentassarion (Bronze, 35mm, 25.11 g 7), 88-89. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P Laureate head of Domitian to right. Rev. ΦIΛΙΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN Tyche standing to left, holding patera in her right hand and grain ears in her left; to left, river god Hebrus reclining to right, holding reed in his left hand, reed behind him. RPC II 351. Minor smoothing, otherwise, very fine.


Under Domitian, Philippopolis issued a series of bi-lingual bronzes, an unusual and interesting phenomenon likely connected to Domitian’s Dacian wars in 85-89 AD.

Online bidding closes: 15 Nov 2015, 20:28:00 CET Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 23:24:52 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:350 CHF by MailBidder2288 (1 bid)
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