7575
Auction #34
Lot Number: 63595
Final Sale Price: $122.10
Denomination: 26mm
Grade: VF medium brown patina
Reference: Jurukova 570 (V248/R554); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -

  Thrace, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ 26mm (8.60 gm). Laureate, draped
  and cuirassed bust right / Kybele (Dea Caelestis) seated left on lion, riding right,
  holding tympanon and sceptre; a Korybant (or Kabiris) wielding a spear and sword
  defends her at right. Jurukova 570 (V248/R554); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Thrace -; cf,
  Mionnet Supp. II pg. 329, 778 (Dionysos seated on panther, similar pose); cf.
  Lindgren III A65A (same). VF, medium brown patina, partial obverse brockage. Estimate
  $75.

Online auction 34 closed July 30, 2001.
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