Exceptional Group of Damascus Bronzes

CNG 85, Lot: 656. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (30mm, 20.48 g, 12h). IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PIO FEL AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust left / COL • ΔA-MA • METR, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the twins; behind, vexillum inscribed LEG/VIF in two lines; in exergue, ram’s head right. Cf. CNG 76, lot 1108, otherwise unpublished. VF, earthen green patina, a few cleaning scratches on obverse. Fine style portrait. Extremely rare type for Philip (but is more common for Otacilia [cf. BMC 25]).