VAuctions > Auction 326 | Auction date: 29 September 2017 |
Lot number: 286 | |
Lot description: Phrygia, Cadi. Philip II. A.D. 247-249. Æ (26 mm, 8.26 g, 6 h). AVT K M IOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II right / KAΔOHNΩN, Demeter standing right, head left, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow. Cf. BMC 42 (for a similar type of Otacilia), otherwise seemingly unpublished. Brown surfaces, light porosity. Nearly very fine. From the Expatriate Collection. Ex Gitbud & Naumann 40 (7 February 2016), 463. The Expatriate Collection Expatriate comes from the Latin roots ex-, ""away from,"" and patria, ""one's native country."" The Expatriate Collection was formed by an American who has lived abroad for nearly fourteen years in Japan, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East. His collection was formed almost exclusively while living outside the United States. Estimate: 75 USD |