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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 401 | Auction date: 12 July 2017 |
| Lot number: 313 | |
| Lot description: COELESYRIA, Damascus. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ (29mm, 15.58 g, 12h). Draped bust right, set on crescent, wearing stephane / River-god Chrysorrhoas reclining left in grotto, holding branch and cornucopia; above, Marsyas standing left within tetrastyle temple; star and crescent flanking upper portion of grotto, [altar] to lower left of grotto, [ΠΗ]ΓAI in exergue. De Saulcy 9; Rosenberger 40; Price & Trell fig. 413. VF, thick red-green patina. Rare type. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 660. This highly interesting type explicitly states that the reverse scene depicts the temple located at the source (πηγή) of the Chrysoroas (Barada) River. A related type struck under Macrinus shows the same temple seen in perspective (De Saulcy 2). Estimate: 200 USD |  |
