CNG 90, Lot: 1138. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Petra. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (24mm, 9.49 g, 12h). Struck AD 198-202. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche of Petra, holding baetyl and trophy, seated left on rock outcropping within distyle temple; pellet in pediment. Meshorer, City Coinage -; cf. Spijkerman 45; SNG ANS -. VF, black-green desert patina. An attractive provincial portrait coin of the young Caracalla.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.