Mother of Asclepius

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3129. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamum. Sabina. Augusta, AD 128-136/7. Æ 19mm (5.03 g, 12h). Pollion, strategus. Draped bust right, wearing stephane and elaborate coiffure / Veiled Coronis, the mother of Asclepius, standing facing with arms crossed and resting head in hand. SNG France 2098 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 481. Good VF, black-green patina with light gray-green overtones.

From the John A. Seeger Collection.