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289, Lot: 235. Estimate $200.
Sold for $202. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (25mm, 9.99 g, 12h). Dated CY 227 (AD 163/4). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus. Barkay –; Spijkerman 14 (same obv. die); cf. Rosenberger 18 corr. (not laureate; same obv. die); SNG ANS –. Good VF, attractive dark green patina, light earthen highlights around the devices. Very rare.