7576
       [Homebutton][Shopping Header]

  Item Sold At Auction #34
    -----------------------------------
      Lot Number: 63597
      Estimate: $60.00
      Final Sale Price: $52.80
    -----------------------------------
      Denomination: 19mm
      Grade: Good VF black patina
      Reference: Cf. SNG Copenhagen 480 (Dionysos right, no thyrsos); cf.
      BMC pg. 157, 35 (same)




  Bithynia, Nicaea. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. Æ 19mm (4.10 gm). Bare head right /
  Infant Dionysos in cradle left, raising hands; thyrsos behind. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 480
  (Dionysos right, no thyrsos); cf. BMC pg. 157, 35 (same); cf. SNG von Aulock 544
  (same); cf. Waddington, Recueil pg. 463, 509 (pl. LXXX, 17) (right, but with
  Thyrsos); cf. Mionnet Supp. V pg. 94, 491 (animal behind cradle). Good VF, black
  patina, partially weak strike. Apparently unpublished variety. Estimate $60.






Online auction 34 closed July 30, 2001.



Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com