CNG 90, Lot: 983. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Attaleia. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (31mm, 15.51 g, 6h). Artemidorus and Menoph(...),
strategi. KΛ[I]CΛP ΛOY AY PH OYHP[OC], bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CTPΛ APTЄMI ΔΩPO – M(HN ligate)OΦ, AT/TA/ΛЄ/A/T/Ω/N down inner left field, Hercules standing facing. Unpublished. VF, black-green patina with earthen encrustation. Attractive, well centered strike. Apparently unique for this emperor from this city.
From Group CEM.