Spanning the BC/AD Eras
368, Lot: 259. Estimate $150. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.84 g, 12h). Dated year 31 of the Actian Era and Cos. XIII (1 BC/AD 1). Laureate head right / Fortuna seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; AΛ (Actian Era) above; in right field, monogram and IB (Consular date) above monogram. McAlee 186; Prieur 56; RPC I 4157; DCA 400. VF, some minor granularity.