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Nomos AG > Auction 32Auction date: 8 June 2024
Lot number: 125

Lot description:


The Anthony Milavic Collection of Ancient Games Coins

Athletics

Wrestling: Lifting an opponent

EGYPT. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Drachm (Bronze, 32.5 mm, 18.01 g, 12 h), year ΚΔ = 24 = 160/1. [ΤΙ]ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙΑ - ΑΝΤWΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕ [ΕΥ] Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius to right, slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. L - Κ/Δ Heracles standing facing, his head to left, grabbing Antaeus with his two hands and lifting him off the ground; to right, club and lion skin; below Antaeus, rocky ground. Dattari 2603. Köln -. RPC IV.4, 2198.2 (this coin). Very rare,

Starting price: 3500 CHF