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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 442Auction date: 17 April 2019
Lot number: 676

Lot description:


LESBOS, Mytilene. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (32mm, 17.29 g, 12h). In alliance with Pergamum. Valerius Aristomachos, strategos. AVT · K · Π · ΛIK · OVAΛЄPIANOC, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding shield / ЄΠI CTPA APIC-T-OMAXOV, MVTIΛHNAIΩ/ KAI ΠЄPΓA/MHNΩN in exergue, Asklepios standing right, holding serpent staff, facing Mytilene seated left, holding patera. F&N 1323 (VsA/Rs7) = von Aulock, "Kleinasiatische Mūnzstätten," JNG XIX (1969), pl. 8, 8 = Mabbott 1461 (this coin). Near VF, rough brown surfaces, corrosion on obverse, a few minor scratches on reverse. One of only two cited by Franke and Nollé.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 809; Thomas Olive Mabbott Collection (Part I, H. Schulman, 6 June 1969), lot 1461.


Estimate: 150 USD