Possibly the Second Known

341, Lot: 73. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Volusian. AD 251-253. Æ (20.5mm, 6.23 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COL ΔΛMS (sic) MЄTRO, male figure wearing Phrygian cap standing left, holding curved sword and scepter(?). DNW A6, lot 5749 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Fine, black patina, earthen highlights. Possibly the second known.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

Yet another unexplained type from Damascus.