MESOPOTAMIA, Rhesaena. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ (26mm, 10.90 g, 11h). Near VF.

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Lot: 381. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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MESOPOTAMIA, Rhesaena. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ (26mm, 10.90 g, 11h). Laureate head right, traces of drapery on left shoulder / Eagle standing left, with wreath in beak, within hexastyle temple seen in perspective; below, half–length figure of river–god Chaboras swimming left between two palms. Castelin 54; RPC IX 1558.4 (this coin). Brown patina, light roughness, scrape on obverse, edge flaw. Near VF. Very rare bust type.

From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 733753 (13 December 2002); Hirsch 118 (10 November 1979), lot 893; Hirsch 106 (4 October 1977), lot 3343.


Closing Date and Time: 18 October 2023 at 12:06:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer’s fee.