200, Lot: 282. Estimate $150. Sold for $176. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ 8 Assaria (32mm, 14.00 g, 7h). Struck circa AD 222-235. Laureate head right / Tyche seated left on rocks; to left, a second Tyches standing facing, head right, holding rudder and cornucopia; to right, emperor(?) in military dress, resting hand on parazonium, crowning seated Tyche with wreath; below, river god Orontes swimming left; Δ-Є across field, S C in exergue. McAlee 832/1 (this coin illustrated). VF, light green patina, adjustment marks. Rare.
From the Richard McAlee Collection.