Sebasmia Games Of Damascus

170, Lot: 182. Estimate $150. Sold for $372. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. Æ 25mm (12.75 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CEBACMIA in wreath; ram’s head below. SNG Copenhagen -; Rosenberger 53; BMC Galatia p. 288, 31; Klose & Stumpf 269. VF, dark brown patina under some light green encrustation, attractive.

The Olympia Sebasmia were local games celebrated as part of the Imperial cult.