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E-Sale 83  6 May 2021
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Lot 463

Estimate: 500 GBP
Price realized: 1500 GBP
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Geta Æ Medallion of Mytilene, Lesbos. AD 209-211. Kornelianos, strategos. • AYTOKPA • KAI • ΠΟΠΛIOC • CЄΠTI • ΓЄTAC •, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, breastplate decorated with gorgoneion / ЄΠI CTP KOPNHΛIANOY TO[Y ΦΙΛΩΛ] ΦΙΛΩTA, Tyche of Mytilene seated to left, holding patera and Dionysiac term (or xoanon); MVTIΛNAIΩN in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references; for reverse, cf. Leu Web 14, 96 (Caracalla, same magistrate) and BMC 220 (Severus Alexander). 56.36g, 45mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the first recorded example.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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