Impressive Ilium Medallion
Hector Charges into Battle

442, Lot: 672. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TROAS, Ilium. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ Medallion (37.5mm, 24.45 g, 12h). AV K ΓAΛ-ΛIHNOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / EKTΩ-P, IΛIEΩN across lower field, Helmeted Hector in biga galloping left, holding spear and shield in left hand, about to hurl stone with right. Bellinger T293; BMC –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; Cornell 103. Near EF, green-brown patina. Very rare, with a particularly bold and impressive reverse.

Ex Lanz 114 (26 May 2003), lot 689.