CNG 88, Lot: 996. Estimate $500. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Syedra. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ (34mm, 22.63 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Two single-handled cups and gymnasiarch’s oil basin with palm frond. SNG France - SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Supp. -; SNG Pfälzer -; SNG von Aulock -; Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 12, lot 242 (same rev. die). Near EF, attractive green-brown patina. Extremely rare - this type missing in the standard references.

From Group CEM.

From the same reverse (and obverse?) die as the specimen sold by Münzen & Medaillen, but almost double the weight and on a flan roughly 5mm larger in diameter.