348, Lot: 566. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Capitolias. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (24mm, 8.99 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, extending hand and holding scepter, within octastyle temple with broad architrave supporting pediment surmounted by statuary group between two crenellated towers. Cf. Meshorer,
City Coins 233; cf. Rosenberger 16; cf. Sofaer 13; cf. SNG ANS 1276. Fair, dark green patina, some roughness. The lack of detail within the legends prevents more certain attribution.