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Gemini, LLC > Auction VIIAuction date: 9 January 2011
Lot number: 866

Lot description:

Philip I. 244-249 AD. AE 28, 16.57g. (12h). Samaria, Neapolis. Obv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG Bust radiate, draped right. Rx: CO - L - SERG around, NEAPOL in exergue, Marsyas standing right raising right hand and carrying wineskin over left shoulder, before eagle standing right, head left, spreading wings to support Mt. Gerizim. Flan of curious structure, as though two thin discs of metal bearing the obverse and reverse types had been applied to a core of a different metal. Harl, Neapolis, Museum Notes 29, 1984, no. 12 (A3-P12), pl. 6, citing BM 118, SNG ANS 110, Vienna, and Paris. Fine/VF.

Dr. Patrick Tan Collection.

Estimate: US$500