341, Lot: 76. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (24mm, 11.78 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hygeia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, and Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. Cf. De Saulcy 2; Rosenberger 60 (same obv. die); BMC –. Near VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.