274, Lot: 278. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Tralles. Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ (36mm, 23.48 g, 6h). Flavius Diadumenus, magistrate. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠ[I ΓP?] TΩN (ΠЄ)-PI ΦΛ ΔIAΔ(OV)-MЄN[OV?] TPAΛΛIANΩN, Zeus Nicephorus seated left facing a cult statue of Artemis Ephesia. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen - ; SNG von Aulock -; Mionnet IV -; Mionnet Suppl.VII -. Near VF, dark brown patina, rough surfaces, twice holed (at 12 and 6 o’clock on obverse) and plugged. Extremely rare.