288, Lot: 343. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Marcus Licinius Crassus. Proconsul, 54-53 BCE. Æ (21mm, 6.45 g, 12h). Dated CY 10 (54 BCE). Head of Crassus right / Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and leaning on thyrsus; ΓAB NY in two lines to left, L-I (date) to right, Λ in exergue. RPC I 4827; Barkay 5 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS -; Rosenberger 3 (same obv. die); DCA 593. Good Fine, green patina, earthen highlights. Only 8 specimens known to Barkay.