439, Lot: 236. Estimate $200. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Hadrianopolis(?). Æ (35mm, 21.70 g). Countermark applied early 2nd century AD. TONZOY in rectangular countermark on a bronze of Domitian from Nicaea. Howgego 568. Host Fine, c/m VF, green patina, scratches.

From the Richard Baker Collection.

The river Tonzos flowed through ancient Thrace, and a personification of it appeared on coins of Hadrianopolis.