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Lot 753

Estimate: 75 GBP
Price realized: 120 GBP
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Antoninus Pius Æ 30mm of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 161. Gargilius Antiquus, Legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae. ΑV Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑNOC ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, laureate head to right / [ΗΓЄ ΓΑΡΓΙΛΙ] ΑΝΤΙΚΟV ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Tyche seated to left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and long sceptre. RPC IV.1 Online 7412 (temporary) var. (obv. legend); BMC 6 var. (same); Varbanov 684 var. (same). 20.89g, 30mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine. Very Rare. This obverse legend, with Hadrian's name spelled completely, is known for a rare reverse type with Zeus seated but not for this Tyche type.

Ex Emporium Hamburg, Auction 73, 23 April 2015, lot 145.
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