115, Lot: 293. Estimate $75. Sold for $87. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleukis & Pieria. Antioch. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 32mm (14.69 gm). Laureate head right / ANTIOXE-
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L, D-E S-C across fields, Tyche of Antioch seated left, river-god Orontes swimming left at her feet; above ram leaping left, head right; star in left field. BMC Galatia etc. pg. 205, 451 var. (reverse legend); SNG Copenhagen 250 var. (slight drapery on shoulder). Near VF, brown patina.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.