Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1780. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002. Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ Drachm (32.51 gm). Year 6 (=142/143 AD). [AY]T K T AIL ADR AN-TONINOC EYC-[E]B, laureate head right /
Herakles and the capture of Kerberos: TETA-[P]TOY, Herakles advancing right, head left, holding club with his left hand over his shoulder, holding rope with his right hand and dragging Kerberos behind him out of the cave portal to Hades; before, L/S. Köln -; Dattari 2607, pl. XV; Milne -; Voegtli 6g. Fine, brown patina, pitted. ($750)
From the David Simpson Collection.