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                                64, Lot: 181. SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. 
                                Damascus(?) Circa 1st Century BC to 1st Century 
                                AD. Æ 19mm (5.62 gm). Estimate $100. Sold For 
                                $70 

                                SYRIA, Seleukis and Pieria. Damascus(?) Circa 
                                1st Century BC to 1st Century AD. Æ 19mm (5.62 
                                gm). Diademed head of king right / Turreted and 
                                diademed head of Tyche right; N behind, all 
                                within wreath. Lindgren III 1633, but cf. 
                                Lindgren I A2138A. Nice VF, dark green patina, 
                                light earthen encrustation. 
                                From the David Freedman Collection.
                                Attribution to Damascus is conjectural (see 
                                Lindgren). Although Lindgren refers to the 
                                obverse as portraying Zeus wearing a taenia, it 
                                is more likely this is a depiction of some 
                                eastern king wearing a royal diadem.






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