374, Lot: 68. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Henna. Roman rule. 44-36 BC. Æ As (28mm, 21.11 g, 11h). L. Munatius and L. Cestius, duorviri. Veiled head of Demeter left, wearing stephane and grain ears wreath; torch to lower left /
The Rape of Persephone; Hades in fast quadriga right, holding scepter, arm around the waist of Persephone. RPC I 661.16 = Virzi 944 (this coin); Campana 17; CNS 12; HGC 2, 404. Fine, brown-green patina.
From the David Wray Collection. Ex J. S. Wagner Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 169, 25 July 2007), lot 62; Tom Virzi Collection, 944.