CILICIA. Syedra. Gallienus, 253-268. 11 Assaria (Bronze, 29 mm, 14.52 g, 1 h). AYT KAI ΠO ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CЄB Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right, seen from behind; to right, IA (mark of value). Rev. CYЄΔPЄΩN Ares standing facing, head to left, between Dike, on the left and with her head turned to right, holding sword in her right hand, and Hermes, on the right, holding kerykeion in his left. SNG Levante 437. SNG Paris 663. An unusually attractive example of this interesting issue. Minor deposits, otherwise, good very fine.

The reverse of this issue alludes to the Judgement of Ares, which was initiated by his fellow gods after Ares killed Poseidon's son Halirrhothius for raping his daughter Alkippe. Ares was tried for the murder on the Areopagus in Athens, but he was acquitted and thus emerged unscathed from what the Greeks believed to have been the first trial in the history of the world