349, Lot: 272. Estimate $75. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Metropolis. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ (29mm, 13.07 g, 6h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Magna Mater (Cybele) seated left on throne, holding patera and tympanum; to left, lion left. SNG von Aulock 2071 var. (obv. legend); SNG Leypold 690 var. (same); Weber 6026-7 var. (same). Near VF, dark green patina, some roughness. Very rare, and apparently an unpublished variety.
From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.