Rare Anacreon Reverse

433, Lot: 200. Estimate $100. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Teos. Valerian II. Caesar, AD 256-258. Æ (20mm, 3.25 g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / Anacreon seated right, playing lyre held on knee. SNG Copenhagen 1536; SNG von Aulock –. Near VF, artificial brown patina, spot of hard green on obverse. Rare.

Ex Naville 15 (7 June 2015), lot 260 (since repatinated).