CNG 87, Lot: 849. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Hierapolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Time of Elagabalus, AD 218-222. Æ (25mm, 6.96 g, 6h). Radiate and draped bust of Apollo Lairbenos right / IЄPAΠ in exergue, OΛЄITΩN upwards to right, NЄΩKOPΩN upwards to left, Hygieia seated left, feeding erect serpent from phiale, resting arm on tympanum-shaped cushion; to right, Telesphoros standing facing. Von Aulock, Phrygiens -; SNG München -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -. Good VF, earthen dark green patina. A a rare reverse legend variety unpublished in the standard references.