Extremely Rare Ex Levante Coin

CNG 88, Lot: 958. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Coracesium. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (30mm, 23.13 g, 12h). Laureate and draped bust left / Athena standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding spear with a shield at side. Levante, Korakesion -; SNG France -; SNG Levante 395 (this coin). Good VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare type. Well struck on a thick, heavy flan.

From Group CEM. Ex Eduardo Levante Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 771; Aufhaüser 2 (21 October 1985), lot 277.