CNG 90, Lot: 1117. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Capitolias. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (30mm, 15.68 g, 12h). Dated CY 93 (AD 190). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus, holding Nike or eagle and scepter, seated left within octastyle temple; crenelated towers flanking pediment surmounted by statue grouping; Γ(retrograde qoppa) (date) flanking pediment. RPC Online 6560 (same obv. die); Meshorer, City Coins -; Spijkerman 11; SNG ANS -; Rosenberger 9. VF, dark green desert patina. Rare.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.