★ Zeus and two anguipede giants ★

PISIDIA. Lysinia. Septimius Severus, 193-211. Hexassarion (Bronze, 37 mm, 22.24 g, 6 h). ΑΥΤ Κ Λ CЄΠ CЄΟΥΗΡΟC / Π Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΛΥCΙΝΙЄΩΝ Zeus seated left, holding phiale in his right hand and scepter in his left, supported by two anguipede giants facing one another, each holding a basket with fruits. BMC -. CNG MBS 78 (2008), 1362 ( same dies ). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Leypold -. SNG PFPS -. SNG Paris -. SNG von Aulock -. Von Aulock, Pisidien I, -. Extremely rare and with a highly interesting and unusual reverse. Pierced and somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine.

From an American collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction 525, 19 October 2022, 654 and Zeus E-Auction 17, 5 June 2021, 369.