246, Lot: 351. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ 8 Assaria (32mm, 14.75 g, 1h). Radiate head left / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding grain ears; below, river god Orontes swimming left; above, ram leaping left, head right; Δ-Є and S-C across field; star in left field. McAlee 809b (this coin cited and illustrated). Fine, brown patina. Very rare.
From the Richard McAlee Collection.