398, Lot: 445. Estimate $100. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (26mm, 15.66 g, 12h). Laureate bust left, holding spear and shield / Abduction of Persephone: Hades in quadriga left, grabbing hold of Persephone; above, Eros flying left; in exergue, Demeter(?) reclining left. Kadman 234; Spaer 285. Near VF, green-brown patina.
Ex John Casey Collection.