“Year 1 of Rome”

273, Lot: 190. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Uncertain mint. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ (21mm, 9.68 g, 1h). Dated year 1 of the Pompeian Era (64/3 BC). Draped bust of Herakles left, holding club over shoulder / Ship's ram right; in two lines above, L A (date)/ PΩMHΣ; all within wreath. Spijkerman 1 (Gadara); HGC 10, 381. Fine, earthen green patina. Scarce type.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.