Perseus Slays Medusa

405, Lot: 332. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Anemurium. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (34mm, 15.28 g, 6h). Dated RY 1 (235/6 AD). Radiate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis / Perseus advancing left, holding harpa and Medusa's head. SNG Levante 499 (this coin); SNG BN 708 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 5521 (same obv. die). Good VF, dark green patina, light roughness.

From the Steve Cooper Collection; Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1116; Edoardo Levante Collection, no. 499.