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163, Lot: 180. Estimate $100.
Sold for $122. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Mallus. Herennia Etruscilla. Wife of Trajan Decius AD 248-251. Æ 30mm (20.38 g). Diademed and draped bust right / Athena and Amphilochus standing facing each other, Amphilochus offering sacrifice over a pig. BMC Lycaonia etc. p. 102, 32-33; SNG Levante -; SNG France -. Near VF, rough green-brown patina.



Amphilochus is the mythical founder of Mallus, and is shown with Athena as he offers sacrifice for its future prosperity and well-being.