5399
Sold At Auction #26
Lot Number: 62191
Estimate: $400.00
Final Sale Price: $337.70
Denomination: 18mm
Grade: Good VF brown and grey-green patina
Reference: RPC I 4503; Traité 1489

 Phoenicia, Orthosia. Reign of Augustus. Year 36 (29/28 BC). Æ 18mm (5.36 gm).
  Turreted bust of Tyche right / ORQWCIEWN in exergue, Baal of Orthosia in chariot
  pulled by two griffins; o before, date above. RPC I 4503; Traité 1489. Near EF, brown
  and grey-green patina, choice obverse strike. Extremely Rare. Estimate $400.

 The successor to Cleopatra VII's coinage in Orthosia. A much finer example than the
  RPC specimens.

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