From Levante and Von Aulock

342, Lot: 436. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Iotape. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (30mm, 18.78 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; c/m: incuse crescent / Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther in right hand, thyrsus in left. Levante, Iotape 20 = SNG Levante 452 = SNG von Aulock 8682 (this coin); SNG France –; for c/m: Howgego 499 (this coin cited). Near VF, green and brown patina. Rare.

From the Edoardo Levante Collection. Ex Hans von Aulock Collection.