THRACE, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (32mm, 18.39 g, 1h). Gargilius Antiquus, legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae. Struck AD 161. Laureate head right / River-god Hebrus reclining left, holding tree, leaning on overturned urn from which water flows. Varbanov, Philippopolis VI.28.3.5. (O2/R5); Mouchmov, Philippopolis 42; RPC IV.1 Online 7415; Varbanov 676. Black patina, deposits, roughness. Near VF.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.