Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1224. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
2005. Estimate $1500 

SYRIA, Decapolis. Bostra. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 
AD. Æ 31mm (19.31 gm, 12h). Legion III Cyrenaica. 
Laureate head right / LEG III CYR, bust of 
Zeus-Ammon right. D. Hollard, “Le monnayage de la 
Legio III Cyrenaica frappé à Bostra sous Antonin 
le Pieux,” RN 2004, 8 (D1/R4 - this coin); 
Kindler, Bostra p. 93, a (pl. V, 19); Good VF, brown patina. Very rare, 
likely the finest known. ($1500)

The Legio III Cyrenaica was formed in North Africa 
under Lepidus at the time of the Roman Civil War 
and spent most of the first century AD in Upper 
Egypt. 

High bid of $1970, $2265.5 including 15% buyers fee, or 
approximately €1595.7, £1083.5, C$2462.5, A$2561, on June 8, 2005.

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