369, Lot: 375. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Perinthus. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Medallion (40mm, 33.23 g, 7h). AVT K M AVP CEV AΛEΞANΔPOC AVΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust right, with gorgoneion on breastplate and wearing aegis / ΠEPINΘIωN IωNωN B NEωKOPωN / AKTIA ΠYΘIA, Fortuna standing left, holding temple and cornucopia; temple to upper right, agonistic urn to left and right. Schönert-Geiss,
Perinthos, 784; Varbanov 474. VF, green patina with patches of brown, minor porosity. An attractive, untouched specimen. Very rare.