Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1483. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008. Sold For $335. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ 32mm (27.72 g, 12h). Draped bust right / Astarte-Tyche standing facing, head left, foot on prow(?), extending hand to trophy in left field, and holding scepter; between, uncertain figure on low cippus; to right, Nike standing left on cippus. Rouvier 2301; AUB -; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, brown surfaces, light overall porosity. Very rare.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.