109, Lot: 113. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Cilbiani Inferiores. Geta. As Caesar, 198-209 AD. Æ 35mm (20.66 gm). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from the back /
EP C
KAPL-A B TOV IOV
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NEIKAEWN / KILBIANW/N in three lines in exergue, Geta on horse rearing right, thrusting spear at crouching Parthian. SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; F. Imhoof-Blumer, "Lydische Städtmünzen," in
SNR (1897), -; BMC Lydia -; cf. Kraft pl. 73, 74 for obverse die used for Sardis; Münsterberg pg. 135 (magistrate). Fine, brown patina, porous.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Antioch & Associates (24 September 2001), lot 100.