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3 October 2021
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Rare provincial issue of Balbinus, ex Lindgren collection

Starting Price: 75 CHF
Hammer Price:  340 CHF
Lot 294

BITHYNIA. Heraclaea Pontica. Balbinus, 238. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 23 mm, 5.62 g, 8 h). AYTO K Δ ΒΑΛΒΙΝΟC Α(ΥΓ) Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Balbinus to right; c/m: Δ within triangular incuse. Rev. ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ ΠOΝΤΩ Dionysos standing facing, head turned to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos with his left. BMC -. RG 201, pl. LXI, 12 (same dies). Lingren & Kovacs 122 (this coin). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock 416 (same dies); for countermark: Howgego 789. Rare provincial issue of Balbinus. Good fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, acquired in September 1999, and from the collection of Henry Clay Lindgren.

Online bidding closes: 3 Oct 2021, 17:27:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 00:49:35 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:340 CHF by MailBidder2339 (12 bids)
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