246, Lot: 354. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ 8 Assaria (33mm, 21.62 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / 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 826/2 (this coin cited and illustrated). Near VF, rough brown surfaces. Rare.
From the Richard McAlee Collection.