Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1213. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trebonianus Gallus, with Volusian. 251-253 AD. Æ 30mm (19.88 gm, 6h). Confronted draped and cuirassed busts of Gallus, laureate, and Volusian, radiate / Tetrastyle shrine of the Tyche of Antioch with statue; ram above, river god below. Butcher 507b (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Galatia 656. Good VF, adjustment marks. ($200)
The patina has been stripped, revealing the heavy flan striations that are characteristic of Antiochene coins of this period and are undoubtedly evidence of the milling process for these large coins.