Freeman & Sear > Mail Bid Sale 17 | Auction date: 15 December 2009 |
Lot number: 337 | |
Lot description: Hadrian (AD 117-138). Silver didrachm (5.22 gm). Pontus: Amisus, 131/2 (Yr. 163). AVT KAI TPA AΔPI—ANOC CEB [Π Π VΠ Γ], laureate, draped bust right / AMICOV EΛEV—ΘEPAC ETOYC around, PΞΓ in exergue, turreted city goddess seated left, resting right hand on rudder set on youthful head facing left and holding cornucopiae. BMC 85 (w. pl. iv, 7). SNG von Aulock —. Scarce. Several scratches. Lightly toned. Good fine Ex A. Lynn Collection; CNG Sale 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 853 (part of). Estimate: $150 |