Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1448. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008. Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trebonianus Gallus, with Volusian. AD 251-253. Æ 8 Assaria (18.98 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Trebonianus Gallus right, vis-à-vis radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Volusian left / Cult-statue of Tyche of Antioch seated facing with river-god Orontes below, swimming right; all within tetrastyle temple façade with arched central bay and conical roof set on ornate base; above, ram leaping right. McAlee 1183 (this coin); Butcher 504b. VF, brown patina, minor adjustment marks.
From the Richard McAlee Collection.