144, Lot: 225. Estimate $100. Sold for $153. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Rhesaena. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ 27mm (12.91 g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CE
P HOL PHCAINHC IWNWIIP Tyche standing left holding cornucopiae, pouring libations onto a lighted altar; eagle standing left on palm before, another palm in left field. Castelin 136; BMC Arabia pg. 129, 26; SNG Copenhagen 249. Near VF, dark brown patina with some orangish earthen highlights.
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Thomas O. Mabbott Collection (Schulman, 6-11 June 1969), lot 2934.