Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 636. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Koinon. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Dupondius (11.66 g, 7h). Struck AD 74. Laureate head left / Winged caduceus between crossed cornucopias. McAlee 369 (Rome); Butcher p. 406, 1 (‘Commagene dupondii’); RIC II 798c (Commagene); RPC 1983. Good VF, pleasing natural brown surfaces with some metal highlights, minor porosity.