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Coin ID #8724

Mytilene (AD 138-192) AE 25 - Lesbonax

Lesbonax, period of the Antonines, 138-192 AD. AE25 (8.20g). ΛЄCBΩNAΞ HPOC NЄΩC, male bust right, beardless, wearing wreath of ivy-leaves and berries (Lesbonax in the character of Dionysos) / MVTIΛH NAIΩN, female figure (Demeter?), wearing chiton and peplos standing left, in her right vase left holds long scepter: before her lighted altar. Extremely rare. Good very fine.

File information
Filename:10394LG.jpg
City/Mint name:Mytilene
Keywords:roman / bronze
References:BMC 164 (same dies)
Valuation:Vcoins, sold $1800
Photo courtesy of:Tom Vossen - www.vcoins.com/tomvossen
Filesize:100 KiB
Date added:Apr 24, 2012
Dimensions:860 x 430 pixels
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