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Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1000. Closing Date: Jun 08, 2005. LYDIA, Nysa. Faustina Junior, daughter of Antoninus Pius, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 147-175 AD. Æ 18mm (4.68 gm, 12h). BID Estimate $150  

LYDIA, Nysa. Faustina Junior, daughter of 
Antoninus Pius, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 
147-175 AD. Æ 18mm (4.68 gm, 12h). Diademed and 
draped bust right / NVCA-EWN, Hades dragging away 
protesting Persephone in quadriga right. SNG 
Copenhagen 319. VF, green patina. ($150)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Marcel 
Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 25 October 2000), 
lot 709.

According to the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 15-18, 
Persephone was picking flowers with her companions 
in the Vale of Nysa, when the ground opened up and 
Hades seized her.

High bid of $130, $149.5 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €105.3, £71.5, C$162.5, A$169, on June 8, 2005.

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