Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1455. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Octavian. 30/29 BC. Æ 21mm (6.46 g, 12h). Dated SE 283 (30/29 BC). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Athena standing facing, head right, holding spear and shield; date in left field; all within laurel wreath. RPC 4787; SNG München -; Lindgren III 1253. VF, black patina, light overall roughness.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Kovacs X (18 May 1990), lot 274.