Bridge Across the Maeander

170, Lot: 167. Estimate $300. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Antioch ad Maeandrum. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ 35mm (18.71 g). Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear / Six-arched bridge across the Maeander river; triple-bayed gateway at one end, with a stork perched on top, figure of Maeander river reclining left above guard rail. Price & Trell fig. 82; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock Supp. 8059; BMC Caria p. 23, 57. Near VF, dark brown patina with lighter high points, rotary lathe marks visible on bust.