208, Lot: 225. Estimate $100. Sold for $92. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ 28mm (12.98 g, 1h). Diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / River-god Chrysoroas reclining left, holding two grain ears and cornucopia, left elbow resting on urn from which water flows. Cf. Rosenberger 31 (same rev. die as coin of Philip I); SNG München -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; cf. de Saulcy p. 48, 10. Near VF, dark green and brown patina.
Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb (29 September 2008), lot 5740.