RP36495. Bronze pentassarion, Varbanov I 2078, AMNG I/I 1202, aEF, Markianopolis (Devnya, Bulgaria) mint, weight 13.702g, maximum diameter 27.9mm, die axis 195
o, consular legate Prastina Messallinus, 244 - 247; obverse AYT M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC AVΓ M WTAK CEBHPA C, confronting draped busts of Philip, on left, and Otacilia; reverse YΠ ΠPACT MECCAΛΛEINOY MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Hermes standing half-right, head left, holding purse and caduceus, nude but for cloak hanging on forearm, E (mark of value) in left field; ex H.D. Rauch 82, 488;
unusual fine condition for a provincial bronze;
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