Theseus Strives to Prove Himself

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2890. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARGOLIS, Troezen. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Diassarion (7.49 g, 6h). Laureate head right / Theseus standing right, raising the boulder at Troezen. BCD Peloponnesos 1341.3 (same rev. die). Fine, porous brown patina. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); from the old stock of Jacob Hirsch, with his ticket.