273, Lot: 164. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (24mm, 8.81 g, 12h). Dated CY 281 (AD 218). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus advancing right, holding inverted thyrsus and small figure with upraised hands by hair; to lower left, panther seated left, raising paw; [AΠC] (date) in exergue. Barkay 62; Spijkerman 45. Fine, green patina, earthen deposits. Rare.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.