CNG 88, Lot: 950. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Anemurium. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (30mm, 10.05 g, 6h). Dated RY 1 (AD 235/6). AVT K Γ IO O [YHPON MAΞIMЄIN] ON, radiate and cuirassed bust right, gorgoneion on breastplate, slight drapery / ANЄMOYPIЄωN, lion advancing right; star and crescent above, ЄT A (date) in exergue. SNG France -; SNG Levante Supp. 120 var. (obv. legend and bust type); SNG Pfälzer 340 var. (same); SNG von Aulock 5524 var. (same); cf. Helios 5, 362 (for obv. die). Good VF, dark brown patina, lightly porous. Rare combination of bust type with lion reverse.

From Group CEM. Ex Aufhaüser 4 (7 October 1987), lot 391.