Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118Auction date: 8 April 2024
Lot number: 986

Price realized: Unsold
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Lot description:


Hadrian Æ 30mm of Sardes, Lydia. AD 117-138. Metrophanes, magistrate. ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡ[ΙΑΝΟϹ], laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / [ΕΠΙ Τ ΦΛΑ] ΜΗΤΡΟΦΑΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, statue of Dionysus (?) holding cantharus (?) over panther (?) and thyrsus within temple with six columns. GRPC Lydia 421; RPC III 2402; Mabbott 1836. 16.57g, 30mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only two examples known to RPC online, possibly the third known.

Estimate: 150 GBP