Extremely Rare Petra Drachm

Triton XIV, Lot: 758. Estimate $500. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. AR Drachm (17mm, 2.77 g, 12h). Petra mint. Struck AD 211-212. IOYΛIA ΔO MNA CЄB, draped bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞOY, Tyche seated left on rock outcropping, holding baetyl(?) in extended right hand and cradling trophy in left arm. K. Butcher, "Two Notes on Syrian Silver of the Third Century AD," NC 1989, dies O5/R5; Hauck & Aufhäuser 18, 490. EF, toned. Extremely rare, only the third example known and the second to appear at recent auction.