158, Lot: 184. Estimate $200. Sold for $355. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. AD 193-211. Æ 33mm (21.57 g). Conjoined, draped busts of Severus (radiate) and Domna (crescent beneath) as Helios and Selene; c/m's: COL and CA
G / Satyr Marsyas standing left, holding wine-sack over his shoulder. Meyer, "Die Bronzeprägung von Laodikeia in Syrien 194-217," in
JNG 37/38 (1987/1988), pg. 83, 79; Howgego 586 and 581 (for countermarks). Near VF, dark brown patina with traces of green and red.