Celebrating a Victory at the Games

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 791. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $465. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Æ Medallion - 35mm (26.20 g, 12h). P. Cl. Attalos, archiereus. IЄPA CVN KΛHTOC, draped bust of Syncletus (Senate) left / Π Κ ΑΤ [ΤΑΛΟC] ЄΠΙΝΙΚΙΟΝ : ΑΝ ЄΘΗΚЄ[Ν], ΛΑ [Ο]/ΔΙΚ ЄΩΝ across field, octostyle temple façade set on four-tier base; clippeus in pediment. Von Aulock, Phrygiens -; SNG München 362 = Mionnet IV 704 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; Waddington 6251. Good Fine, brown patina. Extremely rare.