Stack's (pre-Feb 2011) > Coin Galleries April 2010 | Auction date: 28 April 2010 |
Lot number: 243 | |
Lot description: ISLANDS OFF IONIA. Samos. Valerian I, A.D. 253-260. Æ 26 mm. Laureate and draped bust of Valerian I right. Rv. Cult statue of Samian Hera standing facing within tetrastyle aedicula with arcuated lintel. 8.69 grams. SNG von Aulock 2329 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 1796 var. (arrangement of rev. legend). Price & Trell 482, fig. 234. Porous surfaces. Brown patina. Very Fine. (150-200) The coins of Samos depicting the temple of Hera with her cult image is one of the longest series of coins to depict a single building: this type can be found on coins from Domitian to Gallienus. From the Estate of Cornelius C. Vermeule; ex CNG E58, Lot 88. |