PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Æ (24mm, 10.94 g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right / The Abduction of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga left, carrying off Persephone; in exergue, [Demeter prostrate left]. Kadman, Akko 266; Rosenberger –; Sofaer –. Black patina with earthen highlights, some pitting on obverse. Near VF. Extremely rare.
From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.