Triton XV, Lot: 1430. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (29mm, 17.22 g, 12h). IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS PIO FEL AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust left / COL DAMAS M-ETROP, Hercules standing left, holding woven fabric over extended right arm and club and lion skin in left; to upper left, ram’s head right. De Saulcy -; Rosenberger -; SNG München - (but cf. 1019 for type on coin of Philip II and II); CNG 85, lot 657 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); CNG Electronic Auction 208, lot 214 = DNW A6, lot 5721 (same dies); Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 14, lot 692 (same dies). EF, brown patina. Rare.

From Group CEM.