CNG 88, Lot: 947. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Anazarbus. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Hexassarion (34mm, 21.51 g, 12h). Dated CY 249 (AD 230/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nike, holding wreath and reins, driving quadriga left; ЄT ΘMC (date) in exergue. Ziegler 638.1 var. (unlisted dies) = SNG von Aulock 5496 = Harl, Civic 20.8; Levante Supp. 346 (same obv. die). Good VF, dark brown-green patina, small area of red on reverse. Ziegler knew of only three of this type for this year (excluding that in the Levante supplement): the von Aulock specimen and two in the Smithsonian.

From Group CEM.