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Auction 13  6 April 2017
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Lot 210

Estimate: 400 USD
Price realized: 450 USD
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Philip II as Caesar and Serapis. AE 28, 13.18g (1h). Moesia Inferior, Tomis. Obv: M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAI around, CAP AVΓ in exergue, Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust of Philip II facing draped bust of Serapis wearing kalathos. Rx: MHTPO ΠON - TOV TOMEΩC Asclepius standing right, head left, holding staff entwined by serpent. Varbanov 5786 (same dies). AMNG 3599 (2 spec.). An unusual titulature for Philip II, occuring on only one of his four obverse dies at Tomis: he is called Augustus, though he is still only Caesar (bare-headed, and not IMP). See AMNG, p. 909.
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