CNG 106, Lot: 612. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COELESYRIA, Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (31mm, 17.59 g, 1h). Laureate and cuirassed bust left / Hercules standing left, holding woven fabric, club, and lion skin; above to left, head of ram right. De Saulcy –; Rosenberger –; cf. SNG München 1019 (for rev. type); Triton XV, lot 1430. Good VF, brown patina under a thick layer of earthen deposits. Rare.

From the François Righetti Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 657.