106, Lot: 197. Estimate $100. Sold for $183. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Celenderis. Trajan Decius.249-251 AD. Æ 30mm (13.63 gm). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Athena standing left, holding spear and shield set on ground. SNG Levante 558 (same dies); SNG Levante Suppl. 140 (this coin); SNG France 749 (same dies); SNG von Aulock -. VF, brown patina, adjustment marks on reverse.
What looks like a scratch across the bust on the obverse is actually in the die. The same mark appears of the Paris specimen.