Silandos (AD 178-182) AE 42 - Crispina

Crispina, Augusta, 178-182 AD. AE42 / Medallion (49.59g, 12h). Draped bust right / The Rape of Persephone: Hades driving quadriga right, head left, holding scepter and grasping the struggling Persephone. Fine, stripped to bare metal but now retoninig, a few areas of orginal patina, some roughness. Extremely rare. Ex Cederlind coll.

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Filename:	3950284.jpg
City/Mint name:	Silandos
Keywords:	roman / bronze
References:	??? SNG Copenhagen -; SNG MÃ¼nchen -; SNG TÃ¼bingen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; RPC Online -, but see SNG von Aulock 3176-8: three medallions of Crispina from Silandus that all share the same obverse die as this coin
Valuation:	CNG Elec. Auc. 395 (4/2017), lot 284 ($1,300 + comm)
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Date added:	Dec 26, 2017
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