Unpublished Philadelphia Issue

206, Lot: 254. Estimate $100. Sold for $265. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Philadelphia. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ 30mm (8.08 g, 6h). Aurelius Maximus Julianus, archon α. AVT•K•M IOVΛ ΦIΛIΠ•ΠOC•, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ЄΠ AV(‘AV’ ligate)P MAΞIMOV(‘OV’ ligate) IOV(‘OV’ ligate)-ΛI-ANOV(‘OV’ ligate) A ΦΛ ΦIΛAΔЄ around, ΛΦ/ЄΩ/N down right field, N[ЄΩ]/KOP/ΩN down left field, Helios advancing left, right hand raised, holding globe and whip in left. LS -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG München -; BMC -; MPR II -; Lindgren & Kovacs -; Lindgren III -. VF, green patina, surfaces a bit rough. Unpublished in the standard references.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.