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CNG Feature Auction 120

Lot nuber 642

CILICIA, Pompeiopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Hexassarion (30mm, 14.36 g, 1h). Dated CY 306 (AD 240/1).


CNG Feature Auction 120
Lot: 642.
 Estimated: $ 300

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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

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CILICIA, Pompeiopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ Hexassarion (30mm, 14.36 g, 1h). Dated CY 306 (AD 240/1). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; gorgoneion on breastplate / Bareheaded and draped bust of Aratus right; A/ς (value) above ς/T (date) to right. SNG BN 1250; RPC VII.2 Online 2338; SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock –. Earthen green patina, minor roughness. Near VF. Rare.

Ex Numismatik Naumann 45 (3 July 2016), lot 555 .

Born at Soli (Pompeiopolis) and a contemporary of the Helleistic poets Callimachus and Theocritus, Aratus was a disciple of the Peripatetic philosopher Praxiphanes. He was acquainted with several important scholars, including the Stoic philosopher Zeno, as well as Callimachus, and Menedemus, the founder of the Eretrian School of philosophy. In 276 BC, he was invited to the court of the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas to compose a poem on that king’s victory over the Gauls the previous year. His most famous poem and major extant work, Phaenomena ("Appearances"), describes the constellations and other celestial phenomena, as well as weather lore. Aratus subsequently spent time at the court of Antiochus I Soter of Syria, but later returned to Pella in Macedon, where he died about 240 BC.

The final winners of all CNG 120 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 11-12 May 2022. CNG 120 – Session Two – Greek Coinage (Part 2) through Roman Provincial Coinage will be held Wednesday afternoon, 11 May 2022 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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