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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #34
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                Lot Number: 63595
                Estimate: $75.00
                Final Sale Price: $122.10
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                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.



  The formal characteristics of this reverse type make it strongly resemble the
  Dionysos reverse where he is seated on the back of a panther. The panther is always
  rendered similarly to a lion, but on this unusual reverse, the figure is obviously a
  lion. For confirmation of the Kybele/Dea Caelestis attribution, please see the
  similar reverse types on the Denarii of Septimius Severus RIC IV pt. 1, 267; RSC 219a
  and Caracalla RIC IV pt. 1, 130; RSC 97.





Online auction 34 closed July 30, 2001.



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