CNG 91, Lot: 657. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ (29mm, 16.29 g, 12h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / View of the propylaeum (entrance) of the temple of Zeus Heliopolites; a flight of steps with a pedestal at each end leads to a portico of twelve columns with a tower at each end and cypress tree beneath central arch. Sawaya 576 (D95/R221). VF, green and brown patina. A good example of this interesting architectural type.

From Group CEM.