| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 329 Price realized: 750 USD (Approx. 691 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: PHRYGIA, Hierapolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (38mm, 28.53 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, wearing balteus and aegis / The Abduction of Persephone: Hades standing in galloping quadriga right, head left, with billowing chlamys and holding short scepter, carrying struggling Persephone; below horses, serpent right and overturned flower basket. Johnston, Hierapolis 13; RPC VI Online 5429.6 (this coin). Brown patina, roughness, some smoothing. Near VF. Very rare. Ex Numismatik Naumann 85 (5 January 2020), lot 318 (conserved since resulting in some smoothing); J.P. Righetti Collection, no. 362. Hades fell in love with Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and asked Zeus for permission to marry her. Zeus feared to offend his eldest brother by outright refusal, but knew also that Demeter would not forgive him if Persephone were committed to the underworld. In a political move, Zeus stated that he could neither give nor withhold his consent. This emboldened Hades to abduct Persephone as she was picking flowers in a meadow and carry her away to the underworld. Estimate: 250 USD |  |
