Triton XIV, Lot: 732. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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temp. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (37mm, 32.01 g, 6h). Sala (Lydia) mint; Dama,
archon. ΔHMOC • • CAΛ HNΩN, laureate beardless head of Demos right / • EΠI ΔAMA APXONTOC A, Zeus right on horseback, holding
pelekus (double-bladed ax) in right hand over shoulder. LS -; SNG München -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. SNG Copenhagen 427 (for obv. type); cf. SNG Fitzwilliam 4876 (for type; different magistrate); BMC -; Mionnet -; cf. Helios 5, 837 (for type; same obv. die). EF, attractive red-brown and green patina. Very rare.