Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 72 | Auction date: 14 June 2006 |
Lot number: 1216 | |
Lot description: SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Hierapolis. Philip I. 244-249 AD. Æ 29mm (15.97 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Atargatis, head right and holding sceptre, leaning left on back of lion advancing right; c/m: ON (?) within circular incuse. For coin type: Butcher 64a; SNG Copenhagen 63; for c/m: cf. Howgego 681. VF, green patina, lightly smoothed. From the Marc Poncin Collection. Estimate: $200 |