A Group of Rare Damascus Bronzes

CNG 88, Lot: 1033. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (30mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Olympia Sebasmia Games issue. IMP C M IVL PHILLIPVS PIO FEL AVC, laureate and cuirassed bust left, slight drapery on shoulder / COL DAM AS METR, hind standing right, suckling infant Telephus; in exergue, head of ram right. Cf. De Saulcy 13; SNG München -; Rosenberger -; cf. CNG 85, 656 (same obv. die). VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones. Very rare.