147, Lot: 114. Estimate $150. Sold for $121. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Nisibis. Philip II. AD 247-249. Æ 24mm (11.63 g). Radiate and draped bust left / Tetrastyle temple with fluted colums, in which Tyche, veiled, seated facing; ram jumping above her, river god swimming below. BMC p. 122, 22 (Philip I, but see note); SNG Copenhagen 240 (Philip I) . Good VF, brown surfaces, a couple of pits.
From the Henry Chitwood Collection.