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  [Image]                               Item Sold At Auction #7
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                  Web Product ID: 520
                  Estimate: $100.00
                  Final Sale Price: $71.50
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                  Denomination: 19mm
                  Grade: Good VF
                  Reference: BMC Lydia pg. 300, 52




  Lydia, Thyatira. Time of Severus Alexander. Circa 222-235 AD. Æ 19mm (4.36 gm). Bust
  of Artemis Boreitene left / Eagle with spread wings, facing, head left. BMC Lydia pg.
  300, 52. Good VF, pleasing style, dark green patina with earthen fields. Estimate
  $100.



  Boreitene is a title for Artemis indigenous to Lydia; its exact origin is unknown,
  though it is probably to be explained by her having been equated with a mother
  goddess native to Lydia.


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