339, Lot: 278. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Dium. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (26mm, 12.69 g, 12h). Dated CY 270 (AD 207/8). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Lighted altar within arched central bay of hexastyle temple; eagle in pediment, O–C (date) flanking pediment. Spijkerman 2 corr. (obv. legend; same obv. die as illustration); Rosenberger 2 corr. (obv. legend); Sofaer 2 var. (obv. legend). VF, earthen brown patina.