227, Lot: 389. Estimate $200. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip I, with Philip II. AD 244-249. Æ 27mm (14.65 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed busts of Philip II and Philip II, vis-à-vis; Philip II seen from behind / Tyche seated left on rock outcropping, holding rudder or club and cornucopia; to upper left, uncertain winged creature left, head right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; SNG Righetti -; Lindgren & Kovacs - (but cf. A2146A for similar rev. type, and possibly same rev. die, on a coin with Philip I alone on obv.); Lindgren III -. Near VF, dark green, almost black, patina under thick earthen deposits.