73, Lot: 69. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Metropolis. Philip I. 244-249 AD. Æ 34mm (20.07 gm). C. Julius Apronianus, strategos. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. BMC Ionia pg. 179, 21; SNG von Aulock -; cf. SNG Copenhagen 921 (Gordian III). Fine, brown surfaces, worn at high points, porous. 

From the Patrick Cooper Collection.