Lot 414 - Auction Gemini XII

Philip II as Augustus.  - ...
Philip II as Augustus.  - ...
Philip II as Augustus. - Tetradrachm, 12.68g (7h). Antioch, 248-9 AD. Obv: AVTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB Bust laureate, cuirassed ... Read more
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Philip II as Augustus. - Tetradrachm, 12.68g (7h). Antioch, 248-9 AD. Obv: AVTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB Bust laureate, cuirassed left, seen from front, belt over right shoulder and across chest, eagle head from sword handle visible on breast; two pellets (officina 2) below left shoulder of bust, at end of obverse legend. Rx: ΔHMAPX EΞOVCIAC VΠA TO Δ around, ANTIOXIA / S C in exergue, Eagle with spread wings standing right, holding wreath in beak. McAlee 1065c (Ex. Rare). Not in Prieur. EF
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Very rare left facing, cuirassed bust type showing sword (only eagle-tipped handle visible) borne on belt over shoulder. Only one specimen known to McAlee 1065c, seen in Barry Murphy's stock in 2003; our coin, apparently the second known, is from the same dies
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