Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 88 | Auction date: 14 September 2011 |
Lot number: 873 | |
Lot description: MYSIA, Cyzicus. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ (27mm, 9.20 g, 6h). Laureate and draped bust right / Dionysus seated left, offering wine from cantharus to panther which leans against knee and leaning on upturned oenochoe; grape vine behind. Cf. SNG France 865 (for obv. die); CNG E-Auction 197, lot 69 (same dies). EF, brown patina, minor weak strike in obverse legend. Exceptional late provincial portrait. From Group CEM. Ex Sternberg XI (20 November 1981), lot 262. Estimate: 300 USD |