RP88916. Bronze 5 assaria, SNG Pfalz 835, SNG BnF 918, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Righetti -, BMC Lycia -; c/m: Howgego 805 (169 pcs.), VF, broad flan, porosity, Side (near Selimiye, Antalya Province, Turkey) mint, weight 17.498g, maximum diameter 30.1mm, die axis 180
o, joint reign, Aug 253 - 260 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI ΠOY ΛI ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB, laureate bust right, wearing paludamentum and cuirass, star above dividing legend; countermark on right: E (5 assaria) in 7.5mm round punch obliterating IA (prior mark of value); reverse CIΔHTΩN NEΩKOPOC, draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown;
only three sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades;
scarce;
SOLD