68, Lot: 141. Estimate $75. Sold for $40. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Æ 23mm (7.65 gm). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus in quadriga, drawn by elephants, left, holding cantharus and thyrsus. SNG von Aulock 724; BMC Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia pg. 177, 154. Fine/VF, olive patina with earthen undertones, partial flat strike.