199, Lot: 353. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum. Pseudo-autonomous issue. 2nd century AD. Æ 21mm (6.17 g, 6h). Draped bust of youthful Dionysos right, wearing ivy-wreath / Serpent coiled around cista mystica surmounted by mask of Silenus; pair of cymbals and pedum to left. SNG Copenhagen 532; SG von Aulock -; BMC 96. VF, rough green patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.