160, Lot: 259. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ 25mm (9.05 g). Laureate and cuirassed bust left, right hand raised, holding globe in left / Tyche seated left, sacrificing from patera over altar; two stars in field, Orontes swimming below. BMC Arabia -; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, dark greenish-brown patina, light roughness.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Ponterio 95 (18 August 1998), lot 540.