179, Lot: 152. Estimate $100. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHRYGIA, Docimeium. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of the Antonines, AD 138-192. Æ 27mm (11.17 g, 5h). Laureate, veiled, and draped bust of Boule right / Apollo standing facing, head right, holding laurel branch and resting hand on strung bow set on ground; elbow rests on overturned vase set on tripod upon which crawls a serpent; raven walking on arm. SNG München 176; BMC 188 and pl. XXIV, 1 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -. VF, dark green-brown patina with earthen highlights.