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Electronic Auction 341  17 December 2014
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Lot 73

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 170 USD
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Volusian. AD 251-253. Æ (20.5mm, 6.23 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COL ΔΛMS (sic) MЄTRO, male figure wearing Phrygian cap standing left, holding curved sword and scepter(?). DNW A6, lot 5749 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); otherwise unpublished in the standard references. Fine, black patina, earthen highlights. Possibly the second known.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

Yet another unexplained type from Damascus.
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