Lot description:
THRACE. Pautalia. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Assarion (Bronze, 19 mm, 3.89 g, 6 h). ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. ΠΑVΤΑΛ / [ΙΩΤΩΝ] the three Charites, each holding jar with their right hands; the middle one with additional ears of grain on her left. Imhoof-Blumer, Nymphen p.187, 497 (Taf. XI, 27) = Ruzicka, Pautalia, 22. RPC IV online 8760 (1 example recorded, plus a different coin erroneously included). Varbanov, GIC 4401. Apparently the third and finestn known example. Light deposits, otherwise, fine.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 251, 15 October 2017, 4639, and from the Dr. P. Vogl Collection, privately acquired from Aufhäuser in January 1989.
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