One of Three Known
RPC Plate Coin

341, Lot: 9. Estimate $100. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. temp. Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Circa 37-33/1 BC. Æ (14mm, 2.56 g, 12h). Dated CY 280 (33/2 BC). Turreted head of Tyche right / Eagle standing right; L Π/Σ (date) to right; all within wreath. De Saulcy –; RPC I 4785.1 (this coin, illustrated on pl. 173); DCA 499; HGC 9, 1465. Good VF, green patina, earthen deposits, light cleaning marks. Very rare, one of three cited in RPC, no additional in supplements.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.