273, Lot: 156. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (23mm, 11.09 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / Laureate head of Hercules-Melqart right, lion’s skin tied at neck. Spijkerman 74; Rosenberger 75 corr. (reading date at end of rev. legend). VF, dark brown surfaces under a layer of earthen deposits.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.