Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1340. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Hadrianopolis-Sebaste. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ 32mm (21.74 g, 6h). Diophantos, son of Alexios, archon. A • V • K • M • AV • CЄV • AΛЄΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / APX ΔIOΦANTOV AΛЄΞ, AΔPIANO/ΠOΛЄ[ΩC?] in two lines in exergue, emperor on horseback right, holding spear; C C B O across field. Cf. Imhoof-Blumer, KM p. 233; otherwise unpublished. VF, olive patina with traces of brown and green.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.