181, Lot: 291. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Gordian III. AD 238-244. Æ 25mm (14.96 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysos advancing right, holding thyrsos, placing hand on head of herm-like figure; behind, panther; in right field, bunch of grapes. Barkay 85; Spijkerman 59. Fine, green patina.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.