CNG 93, Lot: 979. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Abila. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (27mm, 11.56 g, 1h). Dated CY 226 (AD 162/3). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / Hercules seated left on rock outcropping, holding club set on ground; ςKC (date) in exergue. RPC Online 6506; Meshorer, City Coins –; Spijkerman 3; cf. SNG ANS 1122-4 (Lucius Verus). VF, dark green patina with earthen deposits. Attractive strike.

From Group CEM.