SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Octassarion (32mm, 19.50 g, 1h). VF.

Triton XXIX – Session 5
Lot: 5589. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ Octassarion (32mm, 19.50 g, 1h). Laureate head right / Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated left on rocky outcropping, holding grain ears; above, ram leaping left; crescent to upper left, Δ-Є flanking Tyche; at feet, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming left. McAlee 802(b)/2 = RPC VI Online 8024.2 = Dow, ACTTB, p. 215 (this coin). Brown patina, flan preparation marks, spot of verdigris. VF. Rare.

From the Joseph A. Dow Collection. Ex Richard McAlee Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 246, 15 December 2010), lot 1440.

The present coin is published in Joseph A. Dow, Ancient Coins Through the Bible (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2011), in the chapter on Paul’s Third Missionary Journey (AD 52–57). CNG is pleased to offer coins from the collection of the author here, and in subsequent electronic auctions. In this session we offer 33 coins, many illustrated in his book and cited in Roman Provincial Coins Online. Many are the RPC Online Feature coin or Plated coin in printed volumes.

Closing Date and Time: 21 January 2026 at 13:16:00 ET.



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