201, Lot: 130. Estimate $100. Sold for $345. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Larissa ad Orontes. 1st century BC. Æ 20mm (9.77 g, 11h). Dated CY 227 (of Seleukid Era, 85/4 BC?). Laureate head of Zeus right / Throne of Zeus; below, monogram above M; [I]KΣ (date) in exergue. SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 1; Lindgren & Kovacs 2109. VF, dark green-brown patina with earthen highlights. Very rare city.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.