Pontus and Bithynia, Nikomedia (?). Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Weight of 6 Pounds (Librae) (Lead, 203x127mm, 2980 g 12), a market weight made in the form of a double-sided stele with a triangular pediment and deeply recessed fields enclosed by an edge with beveled borders, regnal year 20 = 156/7. Within the pediment: figure of Tyche seated left, holding a rudder in her right hand and a scepter in her left. Below, in nine lines: ΕΤΟΥC Κ ΑΥ/ΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟC/ΤΟ Β ΚΑΙCΑΡΟC/Τ ΑΙΛΙΟΥ ΑΔΡΙ/ΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙ/ΝΟΥ CΕΒΑCΤΟ/Υ ΕΥCΕΒΟΥC Κ/ΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟ/Υ ΚΑΙCΑΡΟC. Rev. In nine lines: ΤΑΜΙΕΥΟΝΤΟ/C Λ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΛΟ/Υ
Price realized | 3'600 CHF |
Starting price | 3'600 CHF |
Estimate | 4'500 CHF |