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| Agora Auctions > Numismatic Auction 67 | Auction date: 20 June 2017 |
| Lot number: 187 | |
| Lot description: Syria, Cyrrhestica. Cyrrhus. Philip II. A.D. 247-249. AE 29 sestertius cognate (29.16 mm, 12.72 g, 7 h). Antioch mint, struck A.D. 247-249. AY[TOK K M ΙΟ]ΥΛI ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II right, seen from behind / ΔΙΟC ΚΑΤЄ - ΒΑ-ΤΟΥ // ΚΥΡΗCΤ Ν, Zeus Kataibates seated facing in hexastyle temple, head left, holding thunderbolt and scepter, eagle at feet; ram or bull leaping left above roof-peak. BMC Galatia, 137, 34; Butcher 21c; SNG München 504-5; SNG Cop 49 (Philip I in error). near VF/VF, obverse somewhat weakly struck and porous. various listings seem to be split between saying that a bull or a ram is above the temple. Estimate: 75 USD |  |
