351, Lot: 589. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (30mm, 10.85 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche of Heliopolis standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopia; to left and right Nike on column facing one another, each holding end of billowing veil, and small figure (Kabeiros?) between. Sawaya 452 (D89/R181); SNG München 1037-9; SNG Copenhagen 434. VF, earthen brown patina, flan flaw on the obverse.
From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.