Lot 37-100. Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Diadumenian. As Caesar, A.D. 217-218. Æ tetrassarion. Statius Longinus, magistrate. Ex George Spradling collection.

Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Diadumenian. As Caesar, A.D. 217-218. Æ tetrassarion (26.3 mm, 11.40 g, 12 h). Statius Longinus, magistrate. M OΠEΛ ΔIAΔOVMENIANOC K, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right; seen from front / VΠ CTA ΛONΓAINOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN / ΠPOC / IC, Demeter standing left, holding long torch entwined by serpent, holding grain ears over open cista mystica from which a serpent emerges. Varbanov 3722; H&J 8.25.5.4; AMNG 1836; Megaw 4.13a. aVF, green patina. 

Ex George Spradling collection.

 

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$  75.00

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$ 60.00 (3 bid(s))
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