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E-Sale 52  10 Jan 2019
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Lot 576

Estimate: 150 GBP
Price realized: 650 GBP
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Severus Alexander Æ Medallion of Perperene, Mysia. AD 222-235. Aurelius, strategos for the second time. AVTOKP M AVP CЄB AΛЄΖΑΝΔΡΟС(sic), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI CTP AVPHPOC CTATOV B, Demeter seated left, holding poppies and torch; ΠЄPΠЄP in exergue, HNI-ΩN across fields. Unpublished in the standard references; for another coin issued by this magistrate, cf. RPC VI 4201 (temporary); for a similar depiction of Demeter from this mint, cf. RPC VII.I 177 (Gordian III). 32.97g, 41mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; apparently the only known specimen.

From the collection of D.I., Germany, purchased before 1992.
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