Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1255. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Rhosus. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Æ 28mm (13.71 gm). Dated year 167 (136/7 AD). AVTOKPA KAICAP TPAIAN A
DPIANOC CEBAC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / PWCEWN IEPAC ACV
LOU ATO• IE, ET
ZXR, draped bust of Selene right, set on crescent. BMC Galatia -; SNG Copenhagen -; Lindgren -; Weber -; Hunterian -. Good VF, black patina. Apparently unpublished. ($300)
No coins of Rhosus are published between the first century BC and the reign of Commodus.