Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 448. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Pseudo-autonomous issue. 34-31 BC. Æ As (10.49 g, 11h). Q. Caecilius Niger and C. Heius Pam, duoviri. CORINT (NT ligate) below head, head of Aphrodite right, hair pulled back in ponytail, wearing pearl necklace / L • CAECIL • NIGR/ C • HEIO P AM (AM ligate), II VIR in exergue, Bellerophon on Pegasus flying right, holding spear in right hand and preparing to strike the Chimaera standing left below. RPC I 1128; Amandry VIc (D5/R16); BCD Corinth 329. Good VF, choice black-green patina with minor traces of hard green deposits on reverse.
From the Christopher Morcom Collection. Ex Clarence Bement Collection.