Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 12  –  30 - 31 May 2020

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 12

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Modern coins

Part 1: Sa, 30.05.2020, from 2:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Su, 31.05.2020, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

LYDIA. Magnesia ad Sipylum. Gallienus, 253-268. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 26 mm, 6.44 g, 7 h), Aurelios Frontos, strategos. •ΛΙKIN•ΓAΛΛIHNOC• Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right, seen from behind. Rev. ЄΠI CTP AYP ΦPONTΩNOC - MAΓNHT/ΩN CI Prize urn inscribed ЄNMONIΔЄA and containing two palm branches. BMC 92-96. SNG München -. SNG von Aulock -. Very fine.

The 'Enmonideia' (also attested as 'Emmonideia' and 'Emmoniasia') were most likely a private agon for an otherwise unattested Emmonides (see K. Ehling, JNG 47 (1997), p. 223), possibly a local benefactor.

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