341, Lot: 42. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (30mm, 20.19 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / River-god Chrysoroas reclining left on amphora form which water flows, holding grain ears and cornucopia; [XPVC]OPA below. Cf. De Saulcy 12; Rosenberger – (but cf. 31-2 for rev. type); BMC –; SNG Righetti 2154 (same dies). Near VF, dark brown patina.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.