Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 998. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Hypaepa. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. Æ 35mm (25.65 gm, 6h). C. Ourad(?), strategus for the second time. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / E
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PAIPHNW/N in two lines in exergue, cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing facing within hexastyle temple set on three-tiered base; shield in pediment. SNG Copenhagen 194 (same obverse die). VF, olive-brown patina, minor shift-strike. ($300)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 888.