244, Lot: 362. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Philadelphia. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ (23mm, 11.30 g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Bareheaded bust of Herakles right, wearing lion skin over shoulders. Spijkerman 17; Rosenberger 18; SNG ANS 1387; BMC 9-10. Near VF, brown patina with earthen highlights.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

Both Rosenberger and BMC describe the reverse as depicting a young Marcus Aurelius in the guise of Herakles.