THRACE, Bizya. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 12.40 g, 7h). Good Fine.

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Lot: 339. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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THRACE, Bizya. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 12.40 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Capaneus advancing right, head left, holding spear and shield, with left foot on low wall, about to scale ladder. Tachev, Bizye 154-156a (O25/R–, rev. die unrecorded with Capaneus’ head left); Jurukova, Bizye 104 var. (Capaneus’ head right); RPC VIII Online 48661; Varbanov 1558a. Brown surfaces, light roughness. Good Fine. Very rare, with rare head left variety.

Ex Numismatic Naumann 112 (2 January 2022), lot 353.

One of the famous “seven against Thebes”, the Argive Capaneus boasted that even Zeus could not stop him from taking the city. Such hubris led Zeus to strike Capaneus with a thunderbolt as he attempted to scale the walls of Thebes on a ladder.

Closing Date and Time: 7 February 2024 at 11:52:40 ET.

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