112, Lot: 156. Estimate $150. Sold for $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleukis & Pieria. Antioch. Trebonianus Gallus & Volusian. 251-253 AD. Æ 30mm (19.36 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right of Gallus vis à vis radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left of Volusian / Tetrastyle temple of Tyche of Antioch, river-god Orontes swimming at her feet; above shrine, ram leaping right, head left. BMC Galatia 656 var. (obverse legend); Waage 711. Good VF, dark brown surfaces, some light adjustment marks and mionor roughness. Rare variety.