Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2193

Price realized: 55 CHF   (Approx. 63 USD / 58 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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THRACE. Philippopolis. Commodus, 177-192. Tetrassarion (Orichalcum, 30 mm, 18.40 g, 7 h), T. Suellius Marcianus, legatus Augusti pro praetore Thraciae, 177-180. ΑΥT ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡH ΚΟΜΟΔΟC Bare head of Commodus to right. Rev. ΗΓΕ COYEΛ MAPKIANOY ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Hermes standing left, holding kerykeion in his right hand; to right, column surmounted by urn containing palm branch; to left, two spears (?) and uncertain object. RPC IV.1 online 7523. Varbanov, Philippopolis, XI.6.1. Extremely rare, apparently the second known example. Somewhat rough and with minor deposits, otherwise, nearly very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 25 CHF