181, Lot: 238. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Octobol (32mm, 17.94 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding scepter over shoulder and shield decorated with gorgoneion in central boss / Tyche seated left on rocks; to left, another Tyche standing right, holding rudder and cornucopia; to right, emperor standing left, crowning her; below, river-god swimming right; D-E across field; H (denomination) in exergue. Butcher 488a; SNG Copenhagen 256 var. (obv. type); BMC 483. Good Fine, even brown patina.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.