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LOT 3415
Philip I AE 29mm of Damascus, Seleucis ad Pieria. AD 244-249.
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / COL ΔAMAC METRO, nude Ambrosia standing facing, head to right, clasping vine tendrils, floral structure at feet from which vines emerge. RPC VIII unassigned ID 26786 (temporary). Very Fine.(16.74gr, 29mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Footnotes
For more interpretations of the female figure on reverse, see G. Bijowski, "The myth of Daphne on a coin minted at Damascus," AJN 15 (2003), pp. 53-9 and K. Butcher, "Ambrosia in Damascus?," NC 170 (2010), pp. 85-91.
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