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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XV | Auction date: 3 January 2012 |
| Lot number: 1384 | |
| Lot description: IONIA, League of Thirteen Cities. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Medallion (41mm, 52.38 g, 12h). Marcus Claudius Fronto, asiarch and high priest of the Thirteen Cities. AV KAI TI AI AΔPIANOC ANTΩNЄINOC ЄV, laureate and draped bust left / KOINON IΓ ΠOΛЄΩN [ΠPO M KΛ ΦPONTΩN] ACIAPX KAI APX IΓ ΠOΛЄΩN, the Abduction of Persphone: Hades, with billowing chlamys, in quadriga driven right by Eros above, holding scepter in left hand and carrying away Persephone; fallen flower basket below horses. J.U. Gillespie, “KOINON IΓ ΠOΛEΩN: A study of the coinage of the Ionian League,” RBN (1956), pp. 31-53, 1-5 (same dies); BMC 1 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 7812 (same dies). VF, red and dark grayish-green patina, edge crack, minor roughness. Extremely rare. Ex Gorny & Mosch 151 (9 October 2006), lot 307. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
