Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1293

Price realized: 1,600 CHF   (Approx. 1,816 USD / 1,678 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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LYDIA. Saitta. Crispina, Augusta, 178-182. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 30 mm, 16.55 g, 1 h), Okt. Artemidoros, first archon, circa 179-180. ΚΡΙCΠΕΙΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΗ Draped bust of Crispina to right. Rev. ΕΠΙ ΟΚΤ ΑΡΤΕΜΙ ΑΡΧ Α•CΑΙ/ΤΗΝⲰΝ (sic!) Aphrodite, nude, standing facing, head to right, within tetrastyle temple with pellet in pediment and acroteria atop. BMC 39 corr. (same dies, but spelling error not noted). GPRC Lydia 81 corr. (same dies, but spelling error not noted). RPC IV.2 online 1395 corr. (spelling error not noted). Rare and very likely the finest known example, with a stern portrait and a beautiful olive green patina. Nearly extremely fine.


Ex Leu 11, 14 May 2022, 195 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 200 CHF