Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 665. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $785. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ 29mm (13.65 g, 7h). Diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus viewed in perspective; grain ear to right. SNG München -; cf. BMC p. 292, 15 (Philip I); SNG Copenhagen 437. VF, dark brown patina, a layer of reddish earthen deposits. A splendid example of this popular architectural type.