CILICIA, Syedra.
Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ 11
Assaria (33.5mm, 18.23 g, 12h).
AYT KAI ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CЄ-B, laureate, draped, and cuirtassed
bust right; IA in right
field / CVЄΔ-P-Є-ΩN, The Judgment of Ares: Ares standing between Dike and
Hermes.
SNG BN 663. VF, rough brown
patina, flatly struck on
obverse.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXII (2 September 1992), lot 644.
This
reverse refers to the
legend that Ares, the god of war, was summoned to appear before the gods, charged with the murder of Poseidon’s son, Halirrhothius, who was trying to rape Are's daughter, Alkippe. Ares was acquitted of wrong doing.
