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The Dawn Goddess Eos

278, Lot: 249. Estimate $200.
Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Drachm (33mm, 24.51 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 163/4). Laureate head right / Eos walking left, head right, holding torch and reins of horse rearing right, head left. Köln 2153; Dattari (Savio) 3719; K&G 39.92. Near VF, brown and red patina. Rare and interesting depiction of Eos.


Eos, known as Aurora to the Romans, was the goddess of the dawn. Here she is seen preparing one of the two horses that drew her biga (“Firebright” or “Daybright”) for her morning journey across the skies.