THRACE. Serdica. Caracalla, 198-217. (Bronze, 28.5 mm, 17.12 g). [AV]T K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right. Rev. OΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC Apollo standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand, bunch of grapes in left. H&J 12.18.7.2. Cf. Varbanov 2164-5 (bust). Olive-green patina. Nearly very fine.
From the Vineyard Collection, acquired in NYINC in December 1999.
Varbanov refers to the object held in Apollo's left hand as a branch, but here it is quite clear that it is a bunch of grapes.