Rare Type for Volusian
262, Lot: 248. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Volusian. AD 251-253. Æ (25mm, 11.15 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding club and cornucopia; ram’s head above extended arm; below, river-god Chrysoroas swimming left below. Cf. DNW A6, lot 5748; otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Near VF, dark brown patina. Rare.