348, Lot: 490. Estimate $150. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHRYGIA, Synnada. Macrinus. AD 217-218. Æ (31mm, 15.21 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CYNNA-ΔЄΩN, Zeus seated left on throne, holding crowning Nike and scepter. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, green-brown patina, some encrustation on the reverse. A seldom seen city, and an extremely rare type.
From the Dr. George Spradling Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 77 (12 November 2003), lot 76.