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Obolos 30

17 December 2023
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One of two known examples

Starting Price: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  1300 CHF
Lot 534

LYDIA. Thyateira. Septimius Severus, 193-211. Medallion (Bronze, 45 mm, 45.33 g, 6 h), struck under the strategos Asiaticus Hermogenes. AVT KAI Λ CEΠ CEOVHPOC ΠEP Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. ЄΠI CTPA ACIATIKOV EPMOΓЄN / ΘPATЄIPHNΩN Septimius Severus, holding spear in his right hand, on horse standing right; behind, three soldiers standing right; to right below horse's raised foreleg, bound captive seated left. GRPC - Lydia 271 (same dies), otherwise unpublished. Extremely rare and only the second known example. Green patina with minor roughness and deposits, scrape on obverse, otherwise, very fine.

Online bidding closes: 17 Dec 2023, 18:27:00 CET Current Date & Time: 27 Apr 2024, 12:36:25 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1300 CHF by Mareblus (15 bids)
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