Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Sale 44 3 Mar 2018
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Valerian I Æ31 of Corycus, Cilicia. AD 253-260. AV K ΠO ΛIK OVAΛEPIANOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KΩPVKIΩTΩN AV NAVAPXIC, Dionysus standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsus, with panther at feet, beside a prize crown with caduceus, palm and aplustre set on tripod; ΘEMIC on crown. SNG Levante 819 (same obv. die); SNG France 1123; BMC 21; SNG Copenhagen 123; SNG von Aulock 5686; Klose & Stumpf 259. 19.04g, 31mm, 5h.
Good Fine - Very Fine. Interesting rev. type. Rare.
The presiding deity of the Themian games was the goddess Themis, personification of Justice and Order, who had been the patron of the oracle of Delphi before Apollo. Qema also means a deposit, usually of money, and the Themian games were unusual in having cash prizes for the winners, unlike the more typical awards of wreaths, wine, oil, or celery.
Good Fine - Very Fine. Interesting rev. type. Rare.
The presiding deity of the Themian games was the goddess Themis, personification of Justice and Order, who had been the patron of the oracle of Delphi before Apollo. Qema also means a deposit, usually of money, and the Themian games were unusual in having cash prizes for the winners, unlike the more typical awards of wreaths, wine, oil, or celery.