CNG 90, Lot: 1077. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PISIDIA, Etenna. Julia Soaemias. Augusta, AD 218-222. Æ (30mm, 12.05 g, 6h). Draped bust right / Nymph advancing right, head left, being attacked by serpent; to right, male youth standing facing, raising right hand toward head, accompanied by dog. Von Aulock,
Pisidiens -; SNG France -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; MPR II 1774 (same dies). Good VF, green patina. Extremely rare.
From Group CEM.
Von Aulock knew of only two coins of Soaemias from Etenna, both from the same obverse die, which was also used to strike coins for Side in Pamphylia (see SNG von Aulock 4823).