The Rescue of Andromeda

268, Lot: 212. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Deultum. Tranquillina. Augusta, AD 241-244. Æ (23mm, 6.96 g, 6h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Perseus and Andromeda standing facing one another; Andromeda on left with left hand raised, Perseus on right, holding harpa and gorgon’s head, releasing Andromeda from her chains; sea-monster turned to stone below. Youroukova, Deultum 411; SNG Bulgaria 1518-20; Varbanov 2945. VF, green and brown patina.