442, Lot: 744. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PAMPHYLIA, Sillyum. Saloninus. As Caesar, AD 258-260. Æ 10 Assaria (33.5mm, 18.64 g, 12h). ΠOV · ΛIK · KOP · OVAΛЄPIAN, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, supported by eagle; I in right field / CI-ΛΛVЄ-ΩN, Mên on horseback to left. SNG BN –; BMC –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; Imhoof-Blumer KM 21. VF, brown patina, some minor roughness. Extremely rare.
Ex Dr. George Spradling Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 349, 22 April 2015), lot 284; VAuctions 248 (24 June 2010), lot 21.
Mên was a local moon god – hence the crescent at his shoulders.