168, Lot: 173. Estimate $100. Sold for $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Gabala. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 27mm (10.00 g). Laureate head right / Cult statue of Astarte seated facing; crescent and star above. Cf. BMC Galatia p. 245, 11; cf. SNG Copenhagen 315; cf. Seyrig, “Cultes de Gabala”,
RN 1964, pl. IV, 11. Fine, reddish-brown patina, light roughness. Published specimens have either a radiate or laureate bust of Caracalla.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.