Nomos AG > Auction 24 | Auction date: 22 May 2022 |
Lot number: 142 | |
Lot description: ARGOLIS. Epidauros. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Diassarion (Bronze, 23 mm, 8.58 g, 11 h). ΑΝΤΩ -ΝΕΙΝΟC ΑΥΓ Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. ΙΕΡΑC [ΕΠΙΔΑ]ΥΡΟΥ Asklepios seated left on throne, stretching his right hand over the head of a snake coiled to left before him, and holding a long scepter with his left; all within tetra style temple with Corinthian capitals and a plinth at about 2/5 of the height of each column; pediment filled with two snakes flanking a poppy. BCD Peloponnesos 1274. BMC 29 = NCP, pl. L, v = Price & Trell 217 and fig. 355 (same reverse die). RPC 4637. Rare. Bold and attractive with an olive green patina. Good very fine. From the Maleatas and BCD Collections, acquired in July 1996. Estimate: 350 CHF |