297, Lot: 183. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Syedra. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ 11 Assaria (29mm, 16.68 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; IA (mark of value) before / Judgment of Ares: Ares standing left between Dike and Hermes. SNG France 663; SNG Levante 437. VF, rough dark green patina.

Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (25 March 1992), lot 446.

Ares slew Halirrhothios, son of Poseidon, for assaulting Ares' daughter, Alcippe. The site where Ares came before the gods for judgement, escorted by Dike (Justice) and the herald Hermes, became the Areopagus (Hill of Ares) in Athens, the location of the Athenian law courts. Ares was absolved of murder. It is unknown why this event had such import for Syedra, but the scene appears frequently on its 3rd century coinage.