Exceptional

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 871. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Petra. Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ 20mm (5.56 g, 6h). Bare-headed and draped busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, vis-à-vis / Veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown. Spijkerman 21 (same dies); SNG ANS 1367. Near EF, black-green patina with layer of earthen deposit. Well struck with dies of fine style.