Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 753. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. LYDIA, Blaundus. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ 32mm (17.06 gm). Claudius Alexander, magistrate. 
Sold For $2000

LYDIA, Blaundus. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ 32mm (17.06 gm). Claudius Alexander, 
magistrate. AV K M AV ANTWNEIN, laureate and cuirassed (with gorgoneion) bust 
right / BLAVNDEWN MAK EPI TI KL ALEXANDROV AP ATO B, Herakles and the Nemean 
lion: Herakles crouching right, lion's skin over left arm, seizing by the mane 
a lion seated right with forepaw raised, and planting left knee in lion's back, 
swinging his club with his raised right hand. VF, double struck, black patina 
with earthen highlights. ($2000)

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