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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XVI Sessions 1 & 2Auction date: 8 January 2013
Lot number: 708

Lot description:


LYCIA, Candyba. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (29mm, 22.73 g, 12h). AYT KAI M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KANΔVBЄ ω N, Apollo standing facing, holding laurel branch in right hand and resting left on lyre set on low column; all on ground line. Cf. von Aulock, Lykien 60 (same obv. die, different rev. type); otherwise unpublished. Good VF, wondeful green patina, two natural pits on reverse. Apparently unique reverse for this very rare city.


Ex Marcel Burstein Collection (not in the Peus sale; includes his envelope).


Estimate: 1500 USD