THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Tetrassarion (27mm, 12.45 g, 7h). VF.

Electronic Auction 561
Lot: 410.
Closing Date: May 1 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 200

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THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Tetrassarion (27mm, 12.45 g, 7h). Laureate head right / Ganymede standing right, wearing Phrygian cap and holding pedum over shoulder, to right; eagle standing on low column to right. Jurukova, Hadrianopolis 314 (V164/R305); Varbanov 3522. Green patina, light earthen highlights. VF.

From the Hesiod Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 17 (14 August 2021), lot 1583.

Ganymede was the son of Tros, founder of Troy. A youth of great beauty, he was abducted by Zeus while the young man was tending his flocks on Mt. Ida. Carried to Olympus either by an eagle, or Zeus himself in aquiline form, Ganymede served as the god’s cupbearer in place of Hebe, as well as his eromenos. To recompense Tros for the loss of his son, Zeus provided him with a pair of horses so swift, they could cross over water, and which were the ancestors of the horses for which the Trojans were renowned.

Closing Date and Time: 1 May 2024 at 12:16:20 ET.

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