200, Lot: 286. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ 8 Assaria (29mm, 19.09 g, 5h). Laureate and cuirassed bust left, wearing
balteus (belt), holding spear over shoulder and shield with triangular ornament / Turreted, draped, and veiled bust of Tyche right; above, ram leaping right, head left; star below; Δ-Є and S-C across field. McAlee 1083 (this coin illustrated). VF, dark brown patina with some earthen highlights. Rare.
From the Richard McAlee Collection.