Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 751. Estimate $150. Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006. Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Nisibis. Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ 25mm (11.45 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Statue of Tyche seated facing; above, ram leaping right; below, river-god swimming right; all within tetrastyle temple with arched central bay. BMC 21; SNG Copenhagen 240. VF, black patina with orange overtones.
From the Alexandre de Barros Collection.