321, Lot: 331. Estimate $150. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Anazarbus. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Tetrassarion (28mm, 12.65 g, 8h). Dated CY 249 (AD 230/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Temple viewed in perspective; shield or wreath in pediment, ЄT ΘMC (date) in exergue. Ziegler 625 (Vs7/Rs36); SNG France –; SNG Levante 1461 (same obv. die). VF, earthen green patina. Extremely rare, perhaps only the second known specimen.

From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection.

Ziegler knew of only one example of this type (the Fontana specimen) at the time of his study.