321, Lot: 416. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Capitolias. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (30mm, 13.97 g, 12h). Dated CY 69 (AD 165/6). Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple with central arch and pediment over which a square structure ornamented with pilasters, supporting huge conical altar; within, Zeus seated left, extending arm and holding scepter; on either cited tall crenelated tower; Θ-Ξ (date) above. Spijkerman 1; Rosenberger -; SNG ANS -. Fair, sandy green surfaces, roughness. Scarce.