248, Lot: 328. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Rhasaena. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ (27mm, 14.00 g, 5h). Radiate and cuirassed bust left / Eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak, within temple shown in perspective; below, half-length river-god swimming left between two palms. Castelin,
Rhesaena 73; BMC 19. Near VF, dark grayish-green patina with earthen deposits, surfaces a bit rough.