CNG 88, Lot: 957. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Colybrassus. Valerian II. Caesar, AD 256-258. Æ 11 Assaria (30mm, 14.50 g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right above eagle facing, head right, with wings spread; IA (mark of value) before bust / Three single-handled cups over
gymnasiarch’s oil basin; all set within a tetrastyle temple; ΓV-M-N-ACIAPXIA spread throughout temple pediment, interior of temple, and pediment. SNG France 561 (same rev. die); SNG Levante 345 (same rev. die); SNG von Aulock 5665 (same dies). Good VF, brown patina. Scarce.
From Group CEM.