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58, Lot: 90. Estimate $75.
Sold for $64. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Syedra. Valerian I. 253-260 AD. Æ 10 Assaria (28mm, 12.70 gm). Laureate and draped bust right; IA before / Two wrestlers engaged. SNG von Aulock 5804 (same dies); SNG Levente 441. Fine, light brown patina. ($75)

The obverse denomination mark IA could mean 11 (Assaria) or 10 A(ssaria). As for the reverse die, although one wrestler appears to be losing his trunks; this cannot be so; wrestlers wore no trunks.