Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
Lot number: 462 Price realized: 1,700 USD (Approx. 1,557 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: MYSIA, Adramyteum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (35mm, 29.37 g, 6h). Homonoia with Ephesus. Markianos II, grandson of Menemachos, magistrate. AYTOKP KAI M AYPH ANTΩNЄINOC AYΓ, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, breastplate decorated with a gorgoneion / ЄΠI CTP MAPKIANOY ·B· AΔPAMYTH/NΩN K ЄΦЄCIΩN; Γ NЄ/ΩKO/P/Ω/N/O/MO/NOI/A in center, Cult statue of Artemes Ephesia standing facing, wearing calathus, with supports; to right, Zeus Idaios standing left, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left. S&B 151; Franke & Nollé 15 (VA/R15); SNG BN 59; von Fritze, Mysiens 148. Dark brown patina, slight smoothing. Good VF. Very rare, superior to the specimens illustrated in Franke & Nollé. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Triton VIII, 11 January 2005), lot 756; Freeman & Sear 8 (5 February 2003), lot 322. Estimate: 1500 USD |