440, Lot: 337. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Hierocaesarea. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (37mm, 27.93 g, 6h). P. Sex. Philippos,
archon. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Artemis Persica and Tyche standing facing each other in biga drawn left and led by Perseus to left, standing facing, head right, holding harpa. RPC IV Online 1278; SNG München 145. Near Fine, olive green patina, bare metal in places, scrape in right obverse field. Rare, RPC IV Online cites only three examples.
From the Ralph DeMarco ‘Perseus’ Collection. Ex Numismatik Naumann 44 (7 June 2016), lot 616.