CNG 85, Lot: 657. Estimate $500. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (31mm, 17.59 g, 1h). Laureate and cuirassed bust left / Heracles standing left, holding woven fabric, club, and lion skin; above to left, head of ram right. Saulcy -; Rosenberger -; cf. SNG München 1019 (for rev. type); CNG Electronic Auction 208, 214; M&M GmbH 14, 692. Good VF, dark brown patina with orange earthen deposits. Very rare.