169, Lot: 137. Estimate $150. Sold for $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Rhasaena. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ 27mm (13.26 g). Radiate and cuirassed bust left / Temple seen in perspective three-quarters left, two columns in front, five at side, pediment but no roof indicated, eagle standingwithin; in exergue, river-god swimming right between two palm branches. Castelin 73; BMC Arabia p. 128, 19. VF, olive-brown surfaces, a little rough, some deposits.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.