CNG 90, Lot: 1141. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Philadelphia. Pseudo-autonomous issue. temp. Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 CE. Æ (17mm, 3.28 g, 12h). Dated CY 227 (165 CE). Veiled and draped bust of Demeter right; no grain ears before bust / Cista mystica containing two grain ears flanked by serpents; ЄTOYC (retrograde Z)KC (date) around. Meshorer, City Coins 257 (same dies); Spijkerman 3a; SNG ANS 1379 var. (grain ears before bust); Rosenberger -. VF, black-green desert patina. Attractive, well centered strike. Very rare variety.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.