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Electronic Auction 411  13 Dec 2017
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Lot 184

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 190 USD
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GALATIA, Pessinos. Mid 1st century BC. Æ (25.5mm, 18.69 g, 12h). Jugate draped busts right of Attis, wearing Phrygian cap, and Kybele Agditis, wearing turreted crown / Lion seated left, right paw placed on tympanon; caps of the Dioskouroi flanking, uncertain object to right. HGC 7, 766; SNG BN 2563. Fine, dark green patina, some earthen encrustation. Very rare.

Pessinos was the capital of the Tolistobogii, a Gallic tribe that had settled in the area. The city was best known for its temple of Kybele, who was known locally as Agditis..
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