PHRYGIA, Hierapolis. temp. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25.5mm, 12.76 g, 1h). Near VF.

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Lot: 536.
Closing Date: Jul 2 2025 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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PHRYGIA, Hierapolis. temp. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (25.5mm, 12.76 g, 1h). Laureate and draped bust of the Senate right / The Abduction of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying off struggling Persephone. Johnston, Hierapolis 72; RPC VI Online 5482; BMC 87-8. Red and brown surfaces, light roughness, die flaws. Near VF.

From the Kelly Ramage Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 160 (9 October 2007), lot 1932.

Hades fell in love with Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and asked Zeus for permission to marry her. Fearing to offend his eldest brother by a downright refusal but also knowing that Demeter would not forgive him if Persephone were committed to the underworld, Zeus diplomatically answered that he could neither give nor withhold his consent. This act emboldened Hades to abduct Persephone as she was picking flowers in a meadow and carry her away in his horse-drawn chariot to the underworld.

Closing Date and Time: 2 July 2025 at 12:58:20 ET.

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