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  [Image]                             Item Sold At Auction #13
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                Web Product ID: 2834
                Estimate: $75.00
                Final Sale Price: $46.20
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                Denomination: 5 Assaria
                Grade: Fine green patina
                Reference: Cf. F.-B. Karbach, p. 130, 124 (same obverse die and
                countermarks)




  Cilicia, Irenopolis. Severus Alexander. 222-235 AD. Æ 5 Assaria (14.18 gm). Struck
  year 174 (=224/5 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermarks:
  laureate head right within circular incuse and Tyche? within circular incuse / Diety
  seated left before mountain?, holding patera. Cf. F.-B. Karbach, "Die Münzprägung der
  Stadt Eirenopolis in Ostkilikien," JNG XLII/XLIII (1992-1993), p. 130, 124 (same
  obverse die and countermarks) = SNG France 2267; cf. SNG Fitzwilliam 5255 (same);
  c/m's: Howgego 105 and 270. Fine, green patina. Estimate $75.



  The reverse deity may be Asclepius feeding a serpent from a patera, but this is just
  conjecture. The type is missing completely from Karbach's corpus of all known coins
  from this city; thus it would seem that this coin is unique.