Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 780. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Acrasus. Julia Mamaea. Augusta, AD 222-235. Æ 31mm (14.20 g, 12h). Aurelius Philodemus, strategus for the second time. IOVΛIA MΛ MЄA CЄBA, draped bust right, wearing stephane / Artemis in biga right, drawn by stags, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; ЄΠΙ CT AVP ΦIΛΟΔHΜO V • B in legend. LS -; SNG München -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. BMC 34 (Severus Alexander); otherwise unpublished. VF, green patina with dusty green overtones. Unknown type for Mamaea from this rare city.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.