CNG 103, Lot: 573. Estimate $750. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Hierapolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Early-mid 3rd century AD. Æ (32mm, 15.44 g, 6h). Laureate bust of Demos right, slight drapery / Youthful deity or hero on horseback right, holding labrys. BMC 69 var. (arrangement of rev. legend); SNG Copenhagen –; SNG von Aulock 3635 var. (same). Good VF, brassy surfaces with areas of green, cleaning scratches above bust. Impressive.