196, Lot: 149. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Chalcis ad Libanum. Octavian. 32-31 BC. Æ 21mm (6.47 g, 12h). Zenodorus, tetrarch and archereus. Dated SE [2]86 (27/6 BC). Bare head of Octavian right; date to left / Bare head of Zenodoros left. RPC I 4775; SNG Copenhagen 417. Near VF, green patina, light deposits.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.
This issue, dated to the Seleukid year 286 (27/6 BC), is rarer than the earlier issues of 31 BC.