Triton XV, Lot: 1403. Estimate $750. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYCIA, Arneae. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ (29mm, 16.52 g, 12h). AV K MAP ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / APNЄ-A-TωN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. Von Aulock,
Lykien 22 var. (obv. legend and arrangement of rev. legend); Gorny & Mosch 200, lot 2281 var. (obv. legend). Good VF, dusty green patina. Extremely rare type for this seldom encountered city, only one specimen (in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris) was known to von Aulock.