Triton XXII, Lot: 506. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Mopsus. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AR Tridrachm (23mm, 10.09 g, 6h). AYT KAI T AIΛ AΔP AN-TωNEIN OC CEB Π Π, laureate head right / AΔPIANωN MO-ΨEATωN, Artemis standing facing, head right, drawing arrow from quiver with right hand and holding bow in left; at feet to right, stag standing right, head left. Prieur 731; SNG BN –; SNG Levante –; RPC IV Online 9844. VF, toned, some porosity and a few scratches. Very rare.
From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 204 (5 March 2012), lot 1844; Lanz 151 (30 June 2011), lot 755.
This piece is actually quite nice for the issue, with most specimens being heavily worn.