Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 783. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Nacrasa. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Trajan to Marcus Aurelius, AD 98-180. Æ 22mm (7.60 g, 12h). Draped bust of Syncletus (Senate) right / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia, stags at sides. LS -; cf. SNG München 337 (for type); BMC 1 (same obv. die); SNG Leypold 1090-1. Good VF, green patina with earthen overtones. Obverse struck with die of fine style.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.