| Naville Numismatics Ltd. > Auction 87 | Auction date: 11 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 389 Price realized: 70 GBP (Approx. 88 USD / 82 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Egypt, Alexandria. Dattari. Antoninus Pius, 138-161 Drachm circa 150-151 (year 14), Æ 32.00 mm., 15.80 g. Laureate head l. Rev. Triptolemos, wearing elephant's-head cap, holding seeds in chlamys, driving biga drawn by winged serpents, r.; in r. field, LIΔ. RPC 1288.13 (this coin illustrated). Dattari-Savio Pl. 151, 2905. Light brown tone, Good Fine/About Very Fine. From the Dattari collection. According to the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Triptolemus was a well known and respected man of great power from Eleusis who was in charge of the sowing of the grain and the milling of the wheat. As a recompense for the hospitality that Demeter had received at Eleusis when she was mourning for her daughter, she gifted him with agriculture and taught him how to take care of the fields, moreover, she also gave him a winged chariot to travel around the world to spread seeds of grain everywhere. Starting price: 40 GBP |  |
