COELESYRIA, Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (29.5mm, 16.00 g, 1h). Struck AD 244-247.

Triton XXV – Session 6
Lot: 6423. Estimated: $ 300

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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COELESYRIA, Damascus. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ (29.5mm, 16.00 g, 1h). Struck AD 244-247. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / River-god Chrysoroas seated left within arched grotto, holding grain ear and cornucopia; above, Marsyas standing within tetrastyle temple; star in left field, crescent in right field; ΠHTAI in exergue. Cf. Rosenberger 40 (for same rev. type on coin of Otacilia); RPC VIII Online 26803; SNG München -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -. Earthen red surfaces. Near VF. Extremely rare, only one specimen known to RPC.

Phtai is the name of the spring which feeds the Chrysoroas river.

Closing Date and Time: 26 January 2022 at 12:20:40 ET.

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