Alliance Between Selge & Sparta

351, Lot: 541. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PISIDIA, Selge. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ (32mm, 14.67 g, 12h). Homonoia with Sparta. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; c/m: H within incuse / Athena of Selge standing right, holding spear with serpent coiled around base, facing Hercules standing left, holding club and lion’s skin. F&N 1863A (Vs.A/Rs.1); SNG France 2071 (same dies); Mionnet III 191; for c/m: Howgego 832. VF, green and brown patina, roughness. Extremely rare.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.