THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Tetrassarion (35.5mm, 19.62 g, 6h). C. Julius Commodus Orfitianus, legatus Augusti pro Praetore Thraciae. Struck circa AD 154/5. Fine.

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Roman Provincial, Bronze

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THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Tetrassarion (35.5mm, 19.62 g, 6h). C. Julius Commodus Orfitianus, legatus Augusti pro Praetore Thraciae. Struck circa AD 154/5. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche, turreted, seated left on rock, holding grain ears, resting hand on rock; foot on river-god Tonzus swimming left below. Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 12 (V11/R12); RPC IV.1 Online 9297; Varbanov 3176. Brown surfaces, roughness, patches of delamination, pierced, struck on an oversized flan. Fine. Possibly overstruck on an earlier sestertius, traces of undertype present. Very rare.

From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.


Closing Date and Time: 26 April 2023 at 11:38:20 ET.

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