204, Lot: 72. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ 29mm (21.92 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Temple precinct containing temple, altar, and urn, with approaching stairway on rocky and wooded outcropping; all viewed from aerial perspective; caduceus in left field. SNG München 1036 var. (urn, not caduceus, in left field); SNG Copenhagen 435; Price & Trell 703. VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits.