442, Lot: 798. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Syedra. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ 11 Assaria (33.5mm, 18.23 g, 12h). AYT KAI ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CЄ-B, laureate, draped, and cuirtassed bust right; IA in right field / CVЄΔ-P-Є-ΩN, The Judgment of Ares: Ares standing between Dike and Hermes. SNG BN 663. VF, rough brown patina, flatly struck on obverse.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXII (2 September 1992), lot 644.

This reverse refers to the legend that Ares, the god of war, was summoned to appear before the gods, charged with the murder of Poseidon’s son, Halirrhothius, whose daughter, Alkippe, he was attempting to abduct. He was acquitted!