CNG 88, Lot: 1035. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip I, with Philip II. AD 244-249. Æ (29mm, 17.74 g, 12h). Olympia Sebasmia Games issue. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I right vis-à-vis radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip II left / Prize crown inscribed AΓIA IЄPA/CЄBACMIA in two lines and containing thyrsus(?); in exergue, head of ram right. Klose & Stumpf 268; De Saulcy -; SNG München -; Rosenberger -; CNG E-Auction 239, lot 382 (same dies); DNW A6, 5726. VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones. Extremely rare.