168, Lot: 176. Estimate $150. Sold for $94. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. AD 193-211. Æ 32mm (17.40 g). Conjoined, draped busts of Severus (radiate) and Domna (crescent beneath) as Helios and Selene; c/m's: COL and CA
G / Satyr Marsyas standing left, holding wine-sack over his shoulder. Meyer, "Die Bronzeprägung von Laodikeia in Syrien 194-217," in
JNG 37/38 (1987/1988), p. 83, 78; Howgego 586 and 581 (for countermarks). Near VF, green patina with some earthen highlights.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.