CNG 85, Lot: 607. Estimate $200. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Tarsus. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (26mm, 13.37 g, 12h). ΛVT KAI TI AI AΔP ANTΩNINOC CЄB ЄV, Π Π across fields, Zeus Nikephorus (with features of Antoninus Pius) enthroned left / Tyche of Tarsus seated right on throne decorated with sphinx, holding grain ears and poppy; at feet, river-god Cydnus swimming right. SNG France 1449-50; SNG Levante 1011; RPC Online 5030 (same obv. die as illustration). Good VF, green patina with dusty gray-green overtones.