SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Octassarion (33mm, 16.98 g, 6h).

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Lot: 311. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Octassarion (33mm, 16.98 g, 6h). AVT KAI MAP AY CЄ AΛЄΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding grain ears; at feet, half-length figure of river god Orontes swimming left; above, ram leaping left, head right; Δ-Є across field. McAlee 825c var. (obv. legend); RPC VI Online 8085 var. (same). Brown surfaces with red highlights, roughness. VF. Rare and unpublished variety.

Seemingly unrecorded legend variant with no abbrevation of Sebastos

Closing Date and Time: 20 April 2022 at 11:43:20 ET.