CNG 94, Lot: 885. Estimate $500. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Cyzicus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Circa AD 177–184. Æ (21mm, 4.90 g, 6h). KO–PH CΩTЄIPA, draped bust of Kore Soteira right, wearing wreath of grain ears / KYZI–KHNΩN, Eros standing left, holding hare by its hind feet. Unpublished. Near EF, dark green patina, area of flat strike on reverse. Fine style. Unique, and an extremely rare depiction of Eros the Hunter.

From the Roger Liles Collection. Ex Lanz 125 (28 November 2005), lot 336.

Although this issue is unpublished, it can be dated by the strong stylistic similarity to other issues of this period (cf. RPC Online 783).