319, Lot: 256. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (23mm, 8.61 g, 12h). Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Tyche standing right, holding scepter and cornucopia, being crowned by Nike standing on column to her right; to left, small figure (Eros?) standing on short column; all within distyle shrine; ЄKC (date) to right, river-god below. Spijkerman 44; Rosenberger 48; SNG ANS 1308 var. (figures not within shrine). Near VF, earthen green patina.