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Lot 551

Starting price: 100 CHF
Price realized: 190 CHF
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PHRYGIA. Hierapolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue, 100-218. (Bronze, 23 mm, 8.75 g, 12 h). Turreted and draped bust of the Tyche to right. Rev. ΙEΡΑΠOΛEΙΤΩΝ Heracles, nude standing left, resting left hand on skin of the Nemean lion and club set on ground, holding patera in his right hand over lighted altar. RPC IV.2 Online 1716. Extremely rare, one of only four known examples. A lovely portrait of Tyche with beautiful black-green patina. Nearly very fine.
From an American collection.

This is perhaps the finest of the four known examples.
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