Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 6  –  9 December 2018

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 6

Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Modern coins featuring the Maggiore Col...

Su, 09.12.2018, from 12:00 PM CET
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Description

CARIA. Antiochia ad Maeandrum. Gallienus, 253-268. Hexassarion (Bronze, 34 mm, 28.38 g, 6 h). [AY•K•Π]•ΓAΛΛ[IHNOC] Radiate, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to left, holding spear and shield. Rev. [ANTIOXЄΩN] Bridge of six arches spanning the Maeander, with monumental gateway to left and river-god Maeander reclining left on bridge, holding reed. BMC 57 var. (stork on gateway). SNG Leypold 797. SNG München 92 var. (stork on gateway). SNG von Aulock 2430 var. (stork on gateway). Very fine.

The monumental bridge shown on the reverse of this coin is probably the bridge mentioned, en passant, by Strabo, before he goes on to praise the famous dried figs of the Carian Antiochia (Strabo XIII 4,15).

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