Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 766. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Hypaepa. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ Medallion (37mm, 23.88 gm, 6h). Damas and Lucius, magistrates. AVT M AVP CE
ANTWNEINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind /
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PAIPHN WN, nude Helios, radiate, standing left, holding torch illuminating cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis to left. BMC Lydia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Mionnet -. Near EF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare. ($1000)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Triton II (1-2 December 1998), lot 631; Sternberg XIV (24-25 May 1984), lot 382.