172, Lot: 126. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Rhasaena. Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Æ 25mm (11.69 g). Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Eagle standing left with wreath in its beak within temple; temple has pediment and no roof, two columns left of the eagle, six right; below, river-god swimming left holding two palms. Castelin 70 (c2/c6); BMC Arabia p. 128, 16; SNG Copenhagen 245 var. VF, brown patina, light roughness.
From The John A. Seeger Collection.