126, Lot: 190. Estimate $75. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LYDIA, Philadelphia. Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Æ 28mm (13.24 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind /
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LIANOY around, APX/A above,
FL FILADELFEWN NEWKORON in exergue, agonistic table upon which sit two prize urns, each containing a palm vase and aspergillum below table. BMC Lydia pg. 206, 102; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Near VF, brownish-green surfaces, porous.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.