168, Lot: 118. Estimate $100. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Hypaepa. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ 20mm (4.87 g). Cerinthus, magistrate. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Apollo (?) standing left, holding phiale and statue of Artemis Ephesia, lyre at feet right. BMC Lydia -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; Lindgren -. VF, dark brown patina. This magistrate is known during the reign of Elagabalus, but not earlier.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.