Rare and Attractive Issue

206, Lot: 316. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Flaviopolis-Flavias. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ 24mm (8.01 g, 12h). Dated CY 114 (AD 186/7). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Hygeia, holding serpent, and Asklepios, holding serpent-entwined staff, standing vis-à-vis. SNG Levante 1542 var. (obv. legend; formation of rev. legend); SNG France -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 5560 var. (same [crude example assigned to Marcus]); SNG Righetti -; BMC -; Lindgren & Kovacs -; Lindgren III -. VF, attractive dark green patina, some striking weakness, light adjustment marks. Possibly an unrecorded variety.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.