Curtis Clay Collection Lots 1-217. Regular lots starts on lot 218. - Antoninus Pius. AE 33 medallion; Curtis Clay Collection Lots 1-217. Regular lots starts on lot 218. - Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, 143-4 AD, Copper Medallion (red metal), 47.68g., 39 mm. Apparently unique and unpublished before its appearance in the CNG sale of March 2019. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS - P P TR P COS III IMP II Head laureate r. Rx: No legend. Phaethon, the son of Helios the Sun God, falls head first from the chariot of Helios, which he had unsuccessfully tried to drive through the sky as his father did every day, in order to prove that he too was a god. Above the falling Phaethon, the four horses of Helios attempt to escape, probably two leaping l. and two leaping right (details unclear), but they are restrained by two figures between the horses who extend their arms between the horses, probably the Dioscuri as on several Roman sarcophagi that also depict this myth of Phaethon's fall. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CNG E439, 6 March 2019, lot 530 (before removal of heavy deposits, leading CNG to overlook the upside-down figure of Phaethon on the reverse). The correct identification of the reverse type, apparently the first representation of this myth on an ancient coin, is due to Professor Katherine Dunbabin, in response to a query from Curtis Clay. For the same obverse die coupled with a different reverse type, see Gnecchi, pl. 43.1.This medallion shows an interesting mythological type on the reverse. VF / Fine. This lot is part of our 227th Buy or Bid Sale. You can buy at the estimate now or bid lower than our estimate. Lots that have not sold at their estimate before May 14th will be sold to the highest accepted offer at 4pm CT on May 14. Check our web site to see if the lot is still available. If you wish to buy any lot through Biddr, simply bid the estimate. We will get back to you if the item is already sold.