The Abduction of Persephone
361, Lot: 801. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MACEDON, Stobi. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (23mm, 6.43 g, 1h). M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right / MVNICI [...], The Abduction of Persephone: Pluto in quadriga right, holding scepter and seizing Proserpina (Persephone) who raises arms in protest. Cf. AMNG III 12; cf. Varbanov 4050-2. VF, dark green patina. Very rare.
From the R.H. Collection.
See two coins below from Sebaste with a similar abduction scene.