348, Lot: 448. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (30mm, 18.37 g, 6h). G. Gallonius Fronto, Legatus Augusti pro praetore provinciae Thraciae. ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC CΕΒ EVCEB TI AN, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / HΓЄM Γ ΓAΛΛONIOV ΦPONTΩNOC ΦΙΛΛΙΠΠOΠO, Antoninus Pius on horse rearing right, raising hand. RPC IV online 10615 var. (rev. legend); Mouchmov, Philippopolis –; Varbanov 700 corr. (same dies as illustration; rev. legend). VF, brown patina, some roughness on the obverse. Rare.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.