310, Lot: 242. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Corycus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (35mm, 19.62 g, 5h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing left, holding grapes and thyrsus; panther at feet to left; in left field, table carrying prize crown inscribed ΘEMIA and containing a caduceus, palm, and aplustre. SNG France 1122 (same obv. die); SNG Levante 820 (this coin). VF, green and brown patina.
From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 64 (24 September 2003), lot 646; Edoardo Levante Collection.