Lot 4605

Description

Cilicia, Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Valerian I (253-260), AE 35, (19.83 g), obv. radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, [AVK**P]OLIK UOL*CPIAN around, rev. laureate and draped bust of Apollo to right, with laurel branch before, facing draped and turreted bust of Artemis-Tyche with cornucopiae behind, around **CELEUK* in one line below busts and around **EWN TWN PRO*C KA/**LUKAD/N*Q, (S.-, SNG BN 1061-3 [same obverse die], SNG Levante 786 [same obverse die]). Brown patina, with adjustment marks, struck on a large flan, very fine, scarce.

Ex Summer Haven Collection, from CNG eSale 463 (lot 215).