CNG 88, Lot: 1036. 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 (30mm, 21.15 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 / CЄBA/CMIA in two lines within wreath with large central jewel inscribed IЄPA; below, head of ram right. Cf. Klose & Stumpf 269 (Trebonianus Gallus); De Saulcy -; SNG München -; Rosenberger -; DNW A6, 5726. Good VF, black-green patina with earthen overtones.