343, Lot: 229. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Chalkis ad Libanon. temp.
Ptolemaios. Tetrarch, circa 85-40 BC. Æ (19.5mm, 4.27 g, 12h). Dated SE 240 (73/2 BC). Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Nike advancing left; LMC (date) to inner left. Herman Type 2; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; Lindgren III 1221; Sofaer 3–4; HGC 9, 1442; DCA 468. Near VF, green patina. Very rare.
From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from Antioch Associates, 14 October 2007.