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Triskeles Sale 23  6 Apr 2018
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Lot 350

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Syria, Seleucis and Pieria. Antiochia ad Orontem. Pseudo-autonomous issue. 1st century A.D. Æ trichalkon (19 mm, 8.18 g, 12 h). Year 43 of the Actian Era (A.D. 12/3). Laureate head of Zeus right / EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOXEΩN, ram leaping right, head turned to look back at star above; below, date (ΓM). McAlee 98; RPC 4268. Nice earthen-green patina. Choice very fine.

In his The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi, Dr. Michael Molnar sees in the reverse design the occultation of Jupiter by the moon in the constellation of Aries, which he identifies as the most probable candidate for the biblical account of the Star of Bethlehem that guided the Magi to the manager where Jesus was born.

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