Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 794. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Otacilia Severa, wife of Philip I. Augusta, 244-249 AD. Æ 30mm (17.37 gm, 8h). OTACILIA SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, set on crescent / IOMH, COL HEL Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Heliopolitanus viewed in perspective; grain ear to right. Cf. BMC Galatia etc. pg. 292, 15 (Philip I); SNG Copenhagen 437. Good VF, heavy green and brown patina. A splendid example of this popular architectural type. ($1000)