341, Lot: 26. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ (19mm, 6.34 g, 12h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / River-god Chrysoroas reclining left on overturned amphora from which water flows, holding reeds and cornucopia; XPVCOPO below. De Saulcy 2; Rosenberger –; BMC –; Lindgren III 1256 corr. (under Commodus). Good Fine, black patina, earthen deposits.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.