Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1108. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ 29mm (18.67 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf standing right, suckling twins; behind, vexillum inscribed LEG V/FER; in exergue, ram with head left leaping right. Cf. SNG Righetti 2154/2156 (for obv./rev.; same obv.die); MPR II 2355 (same obv. die). Good VF, hard brown patina. Very rare.