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Auction 102  18 May 2016
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Lot 747

Estimate: 1000 USD
Price realized: 5500 USD
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Commodus. AD 177-192. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 12.72 g, 11h). Struck circa AD 179. Laureate and draped bust right / Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding poppy and two grain ears; five-rayed star to left, ram's head to right; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right. McAlee 630A = Prieur 176A var. (six-rayed star; same obv. die). Good VF, even dark find patina. Extremely rare, only the second known and seemingly unique with a star of five rays rather than six.

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