163, Lot: 185. Estimate $100. Sold for $62. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Time of Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 25mm (15.48 g). Dated CY 306 (7/6 BC). Turreted head of Tyche right / Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; ST (date) in left field. RPC I 4790; Rosenberger 2 corr. (date). Near VF, black patina with tan-brown deposits.

Damascus was regarded as one of the cities of the Decapolis, although it had much earlier origins than the other cities, and was the primary city in south Syria.