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Auction XI  7 April 2016
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Lot 520

Estimate: 7500 GBP
Price realized: 7500 GBP
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Antinous Æ34 'Medallion' of Tarsus, Cilicia. Circa AD 134. ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟC ΗΡΩC, bare head of Antinous to left, star and uraeus above / AΔPIANHC TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛEΩC NEΩ IAKXΩ, Dionysiac cista, ornamented with garlands and with its lid closed, on low base flanked by two thyrsoi and with a third behind, all linked by ribbons. SNG France 1422; Waddington -; Blum -. 22.37g, 34mm, 10h.

About Very Fine. Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second known example; double the weight of the BN specimen, and the heaviest of all those recorded.
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