316, Lot: 313. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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AEOLIS, Cyme. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Valerian and Gallienus, circa AD 253-268. Æ (23mm, 5.32 g, 6h). Elpidiphorus, magistrate. Draped bust of Syncletus (Senate) right / Isis Pelagia (or Pharia) standing right on quinquereme, holding sail. SNG Leypold 518 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 1647 (same dies); BMC 116. Good VF, brown patina with earthen highlights, light porosity.
From the Simon Shipp Collection.