127, Lot: 180. Estimate $75. Sold for $101. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Æ 30mm (15.13 g). Radiate and cuirassed bust right; countermark:
DO monogram / C
ELEV
KE-WN KAL-V-
KA, Athena advancing right, thrusting spear at serpent-legged giant throwing stones. SNG Levante 756 var. (legend placement); countermark: Howgego 670. VF, green patina, a little porous.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Cash 3 (8 January 1997), lot 2922.