Sale: Nomos 6, Lot: 150. Estimate CHF550. Closing Date: Monday, 7 May 2012. Sold For CHF500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Kallatis. Faustina II. 147-176. Assarion (Bronze, 19mm, 4.39 g 7), c. 165-176. ΦΑΥCΤΕΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤ Diademed and draped bust of Faustina II to right, her hair coiled in a bun at the back.
Rev. ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑΝΩΝ Kybele seated left on throne, holding phiale in her right hand and resting her left arm on a tympanum. AMNG 297 (but there misdescribed). Rare. With a very attractive dark green patina and a fine portrait. Extremely fine.
From the M Collection, ex Gorny & Mosch 133, 11 October 2004, 305.