LYDIA, Nysa. temp. Antoninus Pius-Marcus Aurelius. AD 138-165. Æ (19mm, 4.06 g, 6h). VF.

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Roman Provincial, Bronze

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LYDIA, Nysa. temp. Antoninus Pius-Marcus Aurelius. AD 138-165. Æ (19mm, 4.06 g, 6h). Draped bust of Eirene right / The Abduction of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying off struggling Persephone. Kurth 49; RPC IV.2 1486; Regling, Nysa 42. Green patina, light roughness. VF.

From the Aleph Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 297 (27 February 2013), lot 174.

Hades fell in love with Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and asked Zeus for permission to marry her. Fearing to offend his eldest brother by a downright refusal but also knowing that Demeter would not forgive him if Persephone were committed to the underworld, Zeus diplomatically answered that he could neither give nor withhold his consent. This act emboldened Hades to abduct Persephone as she was picking flowers in a meadow and carry her away in his horse-drawn chariot to the underworld.

Closing Date and Time: 2 August 2023 at 11:34:00 ET.

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