PHRYGIA, Cotiaeum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (33mm, 17.45 g, 2h). M. Aurelius Menel[aus, the younger?], archon for the second time.

Electronic Auction 507
Lot: 240. Estimated: $ 300

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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PHRYGIA, Cotiaeum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (33mm, 17.45 g, 2h). M. Aurelius Menel[aus, the younger?], archon for the second time. ANTΩNINOC AVΓOVCTOC, laureate head right / EΠI M AVPHΛ MENEΛ B APX B/KOT-I-A/EΩ-N, Hercules standing facing, head left, holding seated figure of Cybele and resting hand upon club; drum to right. Apparently unpublished, though cf. Milne, Notes p. 217, 3 (for the same obv. type and magistrate, and a rev. type featuring Hercules wrestling the Ceryneian Hind). Brown patina with traces of green. VF. Extremely rare.

Ex Dr. George Spradling Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 351, 20 May 2015), lot 524. Ex Patrick Cooper Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 73, 17 September 2003), lot 74.


Closing Date and Time: 5 January 2022 at 11:19:40 ET.

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