168, Lot: 173. Estimate $100. Sold for $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Gabala. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 27mm (10.00 g). Laureate head right / Cult statue of Astarte seated facing; crescent and star above. Cf. BMC Galatia p. 245, 11; cf. SNG Copenhagen 315; cf. Seyrig, “Cultes de Gabala”, RN 1964, pl. IV, 11. Fine, reddish-brown patina, light roughness. Published specimens have either a radiate or laureate bust of Caracalla.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.