Lot description:
Philip II, as Caesar, Æ 23mm of Antiochia ad Cragum, Cilicia. AD 247-249. [...]KΑΙϹ[...], bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΝΤΙΟ[ΧЄѠΝ ΤΗϹ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΟΥ], Dionysos standing, facing, head to left, holding kantharos over panther, standing to left, head to right and holding long thyrsos with left hand. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 74809 (this coin illustrated). 5.72g, 23mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Exceedingly Rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 99, 7 July 2022, lot 852.
Estimate: 50 GBP | |