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Obolos 44

With selections from the collections of Dr. Mark Staal and Beat A. Klein

Webauction, 4 October 2026
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Very rare and unpublished variety

Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  340 CHF
Lot 473

PISIDIA. Antioch. Commodus, 177-192. (Bronze, 22 mm, 5.81 g, 6 h). L AELLO COMMODO Laureate head of Commodus to left. Rev. COLONEIAE ANTIOCH Mên standing facing, head turned to right, left foot resting on bucranium, holding scepter in right hand and Nike in left; to left, cock standing left. Obolos 16, October 2020, 1027. Cf. Krzyźanowska IX/6 (die combination not recorded). Cf. RPC IV Online temp. 7378 (obverse legend). Very rare and unpublished legend variety; only one other example offered in recent years. Very fine.

Mên was a Phrygian lunar deity with roots in both Mesopotamian and Zoroastrian religion. In central and western Asia Minor he was often worshiped in association with the goddess Anahita. At Antiochia in Pisidia, which was a Roman colony with legionaires stationed nearby, there was a large temple complex to Mên Askaenos. The inscriptions in the temple all date to the colonial period, and suggest his cult was highly regarded by the Roman soldiers in the area similar to that of the god Mithras, who also had lunar elements to his worship.

Online bidding closes: 4 Oct 2026, 17:56:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 15 Oct 2026, 23:05:52 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:340 CHF by 123456 (7 bids)
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