196, Lot: 190. Estimate $100. Sold for $152. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESOPOTAMIA, Nisibis. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ 26mm (11.42 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Tyche seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping right; below, river-god swimming right; all within tetrastyle shrine. BMC 21 var. (shield on shoulder); SNG Copenhagen 240. Near VF, dark brown patina, minor porosity.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.