296, Lot: 181. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (24mm, 11.32 g, 12h). Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Verus right / Laureate bust of Melkart-Hercules right, lion skin tied at neck; date in legend. Spijkerman 55; Rosenberger 57; SNG ANS 1317 var. (bust type). Near VF, dark greenish-brown patina, earthen highlights.