| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 663 Price realized: 1,000 GBP (Approx. 1,261 USD / 1,167 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Commodus Æ 34mm of Verbe, Pisidia. AD 177-192. AV KAI KOMMOΔOC ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / The Abduction of Persephone: Hades driving galloping quadriga to right, holding sceptre and seizing Persephone, who raises arms in protest; discarded basket of flowers below horses; above, OVЄPBIANΩN and Eros flying to right. RPC IV.3 Online 17565.1 (this coin, temporary); Von Aulock, Pisidiens I, -, but cf. 1399 (same obv. die). 34.82g, 34mm, 6h. Very Fine; minor scratches, planchet flaws. Possibly Unique; the only recorded example. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk); Acquired from Classical Numismatic Group; Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 14, 12 December 2020, lot 1022; Ex Yothr collection (https://yothr.me/crp/yothr-crp-695-1a-commodus-verbe-hades-persephone-quadriga/); Reportedly ex Comptoir des Monnaies Anciennes Lille, France. Depicted in this reverse type is the moment when Hades, captivated by the beauty of Persephone, whom he sees in the meadow picking flowers, abducts her by force and carries her away to the Underworld. Estimate: 300 GBP |  |
