143, Lot: 141. Estimate $100. Sold for $201. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch. Julia Mamaea. Augusta, AD 222-235. Æ 31mm (17.23 g). Diademed and draped bust right / Tyche seated left on rocks, holding grain-ears and resting on rocks; star in left field, river-god Orontes swimming left below; above, ram leaping left, head right. BMC p. 209, 491; SNG Copenhagen 257. Near VF, black patina with earthen highlights.
From the collection of Alexandre de Barros.