Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1502. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ 35mm (23.55 g, 12h). Tarsus mint. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche, foot on river-god Kydnos swimming below, seated left on rock outcropping, holding grain ears and resting arm on rocks; all within tetrastyle temple façade with large arched central bay. SNG France 1602-4 (same dies); SNG Levante 1095 var. (bust type); SNG von Aulock ;- SNG Copenhagen -. Near EF, brown surfaces, light roughness. Well-detailed portrait, exceptional for issue.