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Auction 22  22 Jun 2021
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Lot 313

Estimate: 2750 CHF
Price realized: 3000 CHF
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MYSIA. Kyzikos. Commodus, 177-192. Oktassarion (Bronze, 35 mm, 22.52 g, 6 h), a special prestige issue of high value, often termed a medallion, struck under the strategos Naivios Quintos Maximos, 180-182. ΑY ΚΑΙ Μ ΑYΡΗ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right, with short beard. Rev. ?ΤΡΑΤ ΝΑΙΒ ΚY-ΙΝΤΟY ΚYΖΙΚ / ΝEΟΚΟΡΩ/Ν Youthful Dionysos, nude but for a wreath around his head, seated (not reclining) to left, but with his head to right, on a panther walking to right; Dionysos' legs are on either side of the panther, he holds a thyrsos in his right hand and rests his left on the panther's neck. Bernhart 830 = BMC 240, pl. XIII, 9 (reverse only) = RPC IV.2, temporary 727.1 (same dies). Extremely rare, possibly the second example known - only one example cited in the RPC. Dark green-brown patina and of splendid style. Two centering points as made, and a flan crack, otherwise, about extremely fine.
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