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595. SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Hierapolis. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (25mm, 9.62 g, 6h). Laureate head right / ΘЄAC CYPI/AC IЄPOΠO in two lines; Θ below; all within laurel wreath. Butcher 46; BMC 36. Near EF, black desert patina. Choice for issue. ($300) From Group CEM.
596. SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Hierapolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.10 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust with head left and body seen from front / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak, on top of lion advancing right. Prieur 941 (same dies as illustration). Good VF, toned. Rare. ($500) From Group CEM.
597. SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.23 g, 12h). Bare head right / Zeus Nicephorus seated left; to left, AΣ above NI. McAlee 237; Prieur 40; RPC I 4116. Good VF, metal flaw on obverse, a few very small deposits on reverse. Rare. ($2000) From Group CEM. Ex Münzen & Medaillen FPL 359 (August 1974), no. 16.
598. SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Hierapolis. Diadumenian. AD 218. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.77 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, lion advancing right. Prieur 947. EF, small deposits. ($500) From Group CEM.
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