Foundation of the Nemean Games

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2876. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGOLIS, Argos. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Diassarion (9.78 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / One of the Seven Against Thebes standing right, attacking large coiled serpent atop body of infant Opheltes/Archemoros; to right, Hypsipyle standing right. BCD Peloponnesos 1196. Fine, red-brown patina. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale).