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Gordian III Æ36 of Sardis, Lydia. AD 238-244. Aur. Rufinus, archon. AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠΙ ΑVΡ ΡΟVΦЄΙΝΟV ΑΡΧ Α Τ Β; Pelops and Hippodamia standing in quadriga right; small Eros above reins, holding torches; ΠЄΛΟΨ ΙΠΠΟΔΑΜЄΙΑ in field, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ in exergue. RPC VII.I 230; Naumann 60, 327. 21.10g, 36mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine; a portrait of impressive style. The fourth recorded specimen; RPC cites two example and only one other on CoinArchives.
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Oenomaus, the king of Pisa, set up a chariot contest for all suitors who came to court his daughter Hippodamia. The penalty for loosing was death and the heads of numerous suitors were displayed prominently before the palace. The king was motivated by fear of an oracle, who had warned him that he would be killed by the man who married his daughter. Pelops, son of King Tantalus of Lydia, was prepared to race for Hippodamia's hand in marraige, trusting in divine help from Poseidon (Pindar, Ode, 71). We are told by Apollodorus that each suitor had to take Hippodamia in his chariot and was to ahead of Oenomaus (Epitome, 2.5-6). This reverse type depicts the protagonists during the race, with Pelops looking over his shoulder as Oenomaus pursues him. On this occasion Oenomas was unable to overtake the contestant for the wheels flew off his chariot and he was dragged to death by his horses.
Good Very Fine; a portrait of impressive style. The fourth recorded specimen; RPC cites two example and only one other on CoinArchives.
Export permit approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Oenomaus, the king of Pisa, set up a chariot contest for all suitors who came to court his daughter Hippodamia. The penalty for loosing was death and the heads of numerous suitors were displayed prominently before the palace. The king was motivated by fear of an oracle, who had warned him that he would be killed by the man who married his daughter. Pelops, son of King Tantalus of Lydia, was prepared to race for Hippodamia's hand in marraige, trusting in divine help from Poseidon (Pindar, Ode, 71). We are told by Apollodorus that each suitor had to take Hippodamia in his chariot and was to ahead of Oenomaus (Epitome, 2.5-6). This reverse type depicts the protagonists during the race, with Pelops looking over his shoulder as Oenomaus pursues him. On this occasion Oenomas was unable to overtake the contestant for the wheels flew off his chariot and he was dragged to death by his horses.