168, Lot: 172. Estimate $150. Sold for $242. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Gabala. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ 26mm (11.08 g). Dated CY 233 (AD 186/187). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind / Helmeted bust of Athena right, facing a cult statue of Astarte seated facing. BMC Galatia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Munich -; Mionnet 639; Seyrig, “Cultes de Gabala”,
RN 1964, pl. IV, 9 (same dies). VF, dark green patina with some earthen highlights.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.