Lot 410 - Auction Gemini XII

Philip I, reverse legend error.  - ...
Philip I, reverse legend error.  - ...
Philip I, reverse legend error. - Tetradrachm, 11.18g (1h). Antioch, 249 AD. Obv: AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB Bust laureate, ... Read more
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Philip I, reverse legend error. - Tetradrachm, 11.18g (1h). Antioch, 249 AD. Obv: AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB Bust laureate, cuirassed left, seen from front, short cuirass flaps visible on left shoulder. Rx: ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIC (sic, A left out) VΠΑ TΟ Δ around, ANTIOXIA / S C in exergue, Eagle with spread wings standing right, wreath in beak. Rev. legend var. of McAlee-941d (V. Rare) and Prieur 422 (5 spec.). Apparently unpublished with engraver's error in reverse legend, A omitted from EΞOYCIAC. Minor area of weak strike. EF
Notes
McAlee 941e records a similar engraver's error in the obverse legend of a bust variant of the same coin: V left out from IOVΛI
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