341, Lot: 23. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Divus Hadrian. Died AD 138. Æ (23mm, 8.99 g, 12h). Struck under Antoninus Pius. ΘЄO[C] AΔPIAN[OC], laureate and draped bust right / Tyche seated left on rock, holding uncertain object and cornucopia; river-god at feet. De Saulcy 2; Rosenberger –; BMC 9. Near VF, green patina, roughness. Very rare.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.