Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1220. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $126. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Gallienus. 253-268 AD. Æ 29mm (12.66 gm, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL HEL, CERT SACR/CAP OEC/ISE HEL in exergue, three agonistic crowns containing palms. SNG Copenhagen 441 var. (draped bust); BMC Galatia 30 var. (same). VF, heavy dark green patina. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (18 February 1997), lot 636.

The reverse legend is an abbreviation of Certamina Sacra, Capitolina, Oecumenica, Iselastica, Heliopolitana. The victors in the ludi iselastici games had the privilege of triumphal entry into their native cities.