196, Lot: 145. Estimate $150. Sold for $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Chalcis ad Libanum. Octavian. 32-31 BC. Æ 23mm (5.85 g, 12h). Zenodorus, tetrarch and archereus. Dated SE 282 (32/1 BC). Bare head of Octavian right; date to right / Bare head of Zenodorus left. RPC I 4774; SNG Copenhagen 417 var. (date). VF, dark green patina under earthen encrustation.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

Following the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, Octavian restored the tetrarchy that ruled Chalcis prior to its bestowal on Cleopatra in 36 BC.