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Lot 88. AE Medallion, Head of Medusa facing

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Medusa Medallion
AE Medallion, Head of Medusa facing

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eAuction #47, Lot 88. Estimate: CHF 1'500.00

The Roman Republic. AE Medaillon (37 mm, 35.57 g), 2nd-1st Century BC.
Obv. P - P (?) - G, Winged head of Gorgo Medusa facing.
Rv. Prora to right.

Unique. About extremely fine/fine.

Ex F. Sternberg Auction XXXV (2000), 397 (sold for CHF 2200 + fees).

The undertype for this apparently unique medallion is a Roman Republican as of the Janus/prow type. Its weight points toward an identification with Craw. 112/3 or 113/2, struck c. 206-195 BC.



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