CILICIA, Coropissus. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (32mm, 16.55 g, 6h). Near VF.

Electronic Auction 571 – Session 1
Lot: 456.
Closing Date: Sep 25 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 200

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CILICIA, Coropissus. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (32mm, 16.55 g, 6h). AYT K Γ I OYH MAΞIMЄINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / KOPOΠICCЄωN THC KHTN MHTPOΠOΛЄωC, The Rescue of Andromeda: Perseus standing right, holding harpa and head of Medusa, taking hand of Andromeda, veiled, standing left; head of sea monster Cetus below. Cf. RPC VI Online 6923; cf. SNG BN 770; cf. SNG Levante 590 (refs. for Perseus on right, Andromeda on left); Numismatik Naumann 63, lot 250. Earthen brown patina, scrape on reverse. Near VF. Extremely rare, the second known. Unpublished with figures reversed.


Closing Date and Time: 25 September 2024 at 12:31:40 ET.

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