Lindgren & Kovacs Plate Coin

442, Lot: 725. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PAMPHYLIA, Perge. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ 10 Assaria (29.5mm, 13.35 g, 7h). AVT K ΛI ΠO AI (sic) ΓAΛΛIHNO [CЄB], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; I in right field / Π-ЄPΓAIΩN, NЄΩKOPΩN in exergue, Athena standing right, holding spear and shield and crowning Artemis standing right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; hound at Artemis’ side. SNG Paris 553 (same dies); Lindgren & Kovacs 1140 (this coin). VF, brown surfaces, roughness.

Ex Berk BBS 130 (December 2002), lot 827; Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 29 October 2000), lot 834; Dr. Henry Clay Lindgren Collection.

Artemis was the patron deity of Perga, whilst Athena was the patron deity of Perga’s rival city, Side in Pamphylia. This interesting type seems to serve as a declaration of Perga’s superiority.