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Electronic Auction 351  20 May 2015
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Lot 546

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 340 USD
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CILICIA, Epiphanea. Septimius Severus. AD 193-211. Æ (34mm, 26.09 g, 7h). Dated CY 298 (AD 230/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing left, holding spear and shield. SNG France –; SNG Levante –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; cf. BMC 3 (for rev. type on a coin of Mamaea). VF, dark green patina. Possibly unpublished.

See CNG Electronic Auction 130, lot 284 for the same obverse die. To judge from the major collections, coins of Alexander from Epiphanea are extremely rare, while coins of the emperor's mother, Julia Mamaea, appear to be much more common.
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