Attractive Gadara Issue

198, Lot: 202. Estimate $150. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ 26mm (13.98 g, 12h). Dated CY 224 (AD 160/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Laureate bust of Hercules-Melkart right, lion skin tied around neck; date in legend. Spijkerman 38; Rosenberger 43; SNG ANS 1310-1 var. (date). Good VF, dark brown patina with some spots of red.