Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 8  –  29 - 30 June 2019

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 8

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

Part 1: Sa, 29.06.2019, from 3:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Su, 30.06.2019, from 3:00 PM CEST
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Description

CARIA. Aphrodisias. Gallienus, 253-268. AE (Bronze, 24 mm, 8.72 g, 7 h). AΥ KAI ΠO Λ ΓAΛΛIHNOC Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to left, seen from behind. Rev. AΦPOΔICIE/ΩN Local hero standing right, nude except for a cloak waving behind, spearing boar standing to left before him. BMC p. 50, 144 ( same obverse die ). MacDonald Type 228 (O263b/R546). Very rare. The reverse struck from the usual worn die, otherwise, good very fine.

BMC and MacDonald identify the figure on the reverse of this issue as Adonis, but the scene is very similar to the boar hunt of Androklos, the founding hero of Ephesus, and it is therefore likely that the Aphrodisian coins also shows a local ktistes or hero.

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Price realized 550 CHF
Starting price 50 CHF
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