CNG 88, Lot: 994. Estimate $200. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Selinus-Traianopolis. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ (25mm, 6.52 g, 6h). Bareheaded and draped bust right / TPAIAN O CЄ ΛIN • THC IEPA •, two veiled goddesses standing facing (Demeter and Kore?), each with right hand to breast, one holding grain ear, the other poppy. Levante,
Selinus 47 var./corr. (rev. legend/Domna not wearing stephane; same obv. die); SNG France -; SNG Levante -; Lindgren & Kovacs 1594 var. (same; same obv. die); Triton XII, lot 678 corr. (citing Levante 47, rev. legend; same dies). VF, dark green patina, some roughness. Rare variety.
From Group CEM. Ex Aufhäuser 5 (5 October 1998), lot 343.