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Obolos 19

8 May 2021
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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  65 CHF
Lot 578

PHRYGIA. Laodicea ad Lycum. Time of Tiberius, 14-37. Dichalkon (Bronze, 14 mm, 2.37 g, 1 h), struck under the magistrate Pythes, son of Pythes. Wolf seated to left, raising his right forepaw and with filleted double-axe behind; all within laurel wreath tied below. Rev. ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ Aphrodite standing left, holding dove in her right hand; monogram of ΠΥΘ to left. BMC 57-8. RPC I 2904. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock 8412. Dark green patina with light deposits. Very fine.



RPC notes that the animal on the obverse has been variously identified, but that a wold seems the most likely as it is a pun on the river Lykos.

Online bidding closes: 8 May 2021, 19:49:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 10:23:19 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:65 CHF by Drusus (3 bids)
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