126, Lot: 171. Estimate $75. Sold for $99. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Hypaepa. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 24mm (6.10 g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind /
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WN, conical altar with sacred fire of Artemis Anaitis within tetrastyle temple; shield in pediment. BMC Lydia pg. 118, 55; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Lindgren -. VF, dark greenish-brown patina, some light roughness.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.