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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 21 | Auction date: 31 October 2015 |
| Lot number: 544 | |
| Lot description: Gordian III Æ20 of Halikarnassos, Caria. AD 238-244. AVT K M ANT GOPÐIANOC AVG, laureate and draped bust of Gordian right / ALIKAPNACCEWN HPOÐOTOC, bearded and draped bust of Herodotos right. SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Caria - (but see no. 84, pl. XIX, 3 - Hadrian with similar reverse); Cf. Classical Numismatic Group, Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 1731 (1.800 $ Hammer). 3.40g, 21mm, 8h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare. Apparently the finest example offered in the past 15 Years. This coin celebrates the greatest citizens of Halikarnassos, Herodotos, who lived there in the mid - late 5th Century BC. He was a great historian and for that time a 'journalist' who would travel around the Mediterranean to 'investigate' and interview people who actually had witnessed the events he wrote about. Estimate: 500 GBP |  |
