109, Lot: 112. Estimate $100. Sold for $98. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Apollonis. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ 34mm (16.89 gm). Demetrios, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from the back; c/m: laureate bust right within circular incuse /
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APELLA B around,
APOLLWNIDE/WN in two lines in exergue, Dionysos standing left within tetrastyle temple, holding cantharus and thyrsus. SNG von AAulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; F. Imhoof-Blumer, "Lydische Städtmünzen," in
SNR (1897), -; BMC Lydia pg. 22, 22, pl. III, 7 (only reverse plated; same reverse die); c/m: Howgego 85. Near Fine, mottled balck and green patina.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Purchased from A. H. Baldwin and Sons, June 1978.