IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Æ Pentassarion (30mm, 13.28 g, 6h). Marcus Aurelius Hyllos, son of Epikrates, grammateus. Near VF.

Electronic Auction 576
Lot: 373.
Closing Date: Dec 4 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5. Æ Pentassarion (30mm, 13.28 g, 6h). Marcus Aurelius Hyllos, son of Epikrates, grammateus. Diademed and draped bust right / Adrasteia standing facing, head left, holding globe and infant Zeus. Shultz 229 (V1/R1); RPC VI Online 5118. Brown patina, light porosity, scrape on reverse. Near VF. Very rare, only two known to Shultz, three in RPC.

Adrasteia was a nymph who, along with her sister Ida, raised the infant Zeus in a Cretan cave, far away from the baby-eating Cronus on Mt. Olympus. They nursed him on honey and milk from the goat Amaltheia, meanwhile, masking his cries with their shield-clashing war dance. As a reward for their service, Zeus placed them among the stars as the constellations Ursa Major and Minor (the Big and Little Bears, also known as The Big and Little Dippers).

Closing Date and Time: 4 December 2024 at 12:04:00 ET.

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