Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1489. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MARCUS AURELIUS. 161-180 AD. Æ 33mm (21.26 g, 7h). Miletus mint.
Homonoia with Ephesus. AV K M•A
ANTWNINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind /
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IWN, cult statue of Apollo Didymeus, holding arrow and bow, and cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia, extending hands supported by fillets and flanked by stags, standing facing. Franke-Nollé Type 2, 1296; BMC 169 var. (rev. legend breaks); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. VF, green patina with lighter green overtones, area of red brown patina on reverse. ($500)
From the A. De Barros Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 813.