CNG 90, Lot: 1118. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Capitolias. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ (27mm, 11.52 g, 6h). Dated CY 108 (AD 204/5). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bust of Alexander the Great right; H-P (date) across field. Cf. Meshorer, City Coins 232 (Marcus Aurelius); Spijkerman 20; SNG ANS -; Rosenberger 14. Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina with lighter highlights.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.