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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #13
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                 Web Product ID: 2835
                 Estimate: $75.00
                 Final Sale Price: $69.30
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                 Denomination: 29mm
                 Grade: VF brown patina
                 Reference: BMC Galatia, etc. p. 128, 35ff (capricorn right)




  Syria, Commagene. Zeugma. Philip II. 247-249 AD. Æ 29mm (14.60 gm). Laureate, draped
  and cuirassed bust right; countermark: eagle standing right within circular incuse? /
  Tetrastyle temple of Zeus(?) with peribolos containing grove of trees; capricorn to
  left in exergue. BMC Galatia, etc. p. 128, 35ff (capricorn right); SNG Copenhagen 35
  var. (same); c/m: Howgego 340(?). VF, brown patina. Estimate $75.



  The city of Zeugma, considered by many to be the Pompeii of the East because of the
  beautiful mosaics discovered there, has seen recent coverage in the news because of
  the Turkish government's refusal to delay the flooding of the archaeological site in
  order to build a new hydroelectric plant. For further information about the city, the
  archaeological ruins and the recent controversy, the reader is referred to two
  excellent web sites: http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/Classics/archeology/Z2.html and
  http://www.ist.lu/zeugma/home.html.

  Howgego mentions that the punch used to countermark this coin saw heavy use as it is
  often quite worn. On clear examples, there is no question the the design is of an
  eagle standing right. On this example, the deteriorated state of the punch was such
  that it is not possible to identify the countermark with certainty, but it is likely
  the same as Howgego 340.

  For further information regarding the reverse type and the identification of the
  temple, see Antonio Miguel de Guadán, "El abatón de Zeus Kataibates en Zeugma de
  Commagene según las representaciones monetarias," ActaNum 2 (1972), pp. 1-18.