CILICIA, Pompeiopolis. Antonine era, AD 138-192. Æ Assarion (19mm, 5.59 g, 12h). Dated CY 209 (143/4 AD). VF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 363.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 750

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CILICIA, Pompeiopolis. Antonine era, AD 138-192. Æ Assarion (19mm, 5.59 g, 12h). Dated CY 209 (143/4 AD). XPYCIΠ ΠOC, bareheaded, bearded, and draped bust of the philosopher Chrysippos to right / ΠOMΠHIO ΠOΛEITΩN, Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding caduceus over altar in his right hand and his left hand holding his chlamys; to right, serpent coiled around tree. RPC IV.3 Online 17500 corr. (altar not described); SNG BN –; SNG Levante –; Leu 10, lot 2278; Nomos 21, lot 228. Dark green patina, minor roughness. VF. Extremely rare, the 3rd known.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 120 (11 May 2022), lot 641.

Chrysippos of Soloi was a Greek philosopher of the Stoic school of Athens. He was born in Soloi, but moved to Athens as a young man after losing considerable land when it was confiscated by the king’s treasury. He soon became a disciple of Cleanthes, then the head of the Stoic school, which was located at the north end of the Athenian agora. Chrysippos was a prolific writer, composing more than 700 works, and succeeded Cleanthes as head of the Stoic school upon his death, around 230 BC. Chrysippos died during the 143rd Olympiad at the age of 73. It is said that he died in a fit of laughter after watching a donkey eat some figs.

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