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Obolos 20

3 October 2021
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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  240 CHF
Lot 461

SYRIA, DECAPOLIS. Nysa-Scythopolis. Gordian III, 238-244. (Bronze, 24 mm, 14.02 g, 12 h), year 304 = 240-241. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right. Rev. NYC CKYΘΟ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ / Δ-Τ On the right, Zeus wearing himation, standing facing, holding scepter in his right hand, his right leg bend and the infant Dionysos emerging from his thigh; on the left, Tyche as Nysa, wearing peplos and turreted crown, standing facing, holding scepter in right hand and the infant Dionysos in left. Barkay 93. Meshorer, City-Coins 114. Rosenberger 63. RPC VII.2 Online unassigned ID 2393. SNG ANS 1059. Spijkerman 57. Dark brown patina. Flatly struck. Very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, ex Sternberg 34, 22 October 1998, 276b.

Online bidding closes: 3 Oct 2021, 18:50:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 8 May 2024, 23:35:06 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:240 CHF by MailBidder2908 (7 bids)
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