112, Lot: 158. Estimate $75. Sold for $47. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis & Pieria. Emisa. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ 21mm (9.53 gm). Laureate head right / EMI-CHNWN, eagle standing on sacred conical stone of Elagabal right, head turned to left and holding wreath in beak; E in right field. BMC Galatia 6; SNG Copenhagen 307 var. (A right); SNG München 811. Fine, dark green, almost black patina, with some traces of red.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.