THRACE, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (33 mm, 19.36 g).

THRACE, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (33 mm, 19.36 g).

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Description

M. Antonius Zeno, legatus Augusti pro praetore Thraciae. Struck AD 142-144. Bare head right (double strike) / River-god Hebrus reclining left, holding cornucopia, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Varbanov, Philippopolis VI.4.1; cf. SNG Copenhagen 768; cf. BMC 4. Brown patina, tooled. Good Very Fine. Very rare, only three specimens known to Varbanov, not in RPC.