365, Lot: 278. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Dioshieron. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (33mm, 22.44 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Magna Mater (Cybele) seated left on throne, holding patera and resting elbow upon tympanum. RPC IV online –. Near VF, green-black patina. Very rare apparent imitative issue. The styling of the letters, barbarous reverse legend, and extremely bazaar rendering of the reverse type leads to this likely being an imitation rather than an official product.