Gemini, LLC > Auction VI | Auction date: 10 January 2010 |
Lot number: 623 | |
Lot description: Phrygia. Laodiceia ad Lycum. AE 20, 5.48g. Phrygia, Laodiceia ad Lycum, Under Antoninus Pius, magistrate P. Ailios Dionysios Sabinianos. Obv: ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ Draped bust of Dionysus right, with ivy-wreath. Rx: ΑΙΛ - ΔΙΟΝV - CΙΟC Mask of Silenus with ivy-wreath lying on cista mystica, around which a serpent twines, with both tail and crested and bearded head right; at left, pedum over which a pair of cymbals hangs. BM 96, pl. 35,6 (same obverse die). SNG Copenhagen 532. Delightful reverse type, fine style. EF. Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection. Estimate: US$200 |