THRACE. Philippopolis. Domitian, 81-96. 'Sestertius' (Bronze, 32 mm, 17.35 g, 7 h), 88/9. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P Laureate head of Domitian to right. Rev. ΦIΛΙΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN City-goddess standing front, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and grain ears in her left; to left, river god Hebrus reclining right, resting right on urn and holding reed in his left hand; behind to left, reed. RPC II 351. Varbanov 621-2. A beautiful example of this unusual bilingual issue. Somewhat smoothed, otherwise, good very fine.




This is the largest denomination of the interesting bilingual series of Philippopolis, struck in the year of Domitian's campaign on the Danube against the Dacian King Decebalus.