CNG 94, Lot: 884. Estimate $500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Cyzicus. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Circa AD 177–184. Æ (27mm, 17.05 g, 5h). Head of the hero Cyzikus right, wearing tainia / Ethnic within oak wreath. Cf. Von Fritze Group V; cf. SNG France 536; cf. SNG von Aulock 1248; cf. RPC Online 563. EF, lovely tan surfaces. Unpublished in the standard references with ethnic in oak rather than laurel wreath. Possibly unique.

From the Roger Liles Collection.