321, Lot: 419. Estimate $100. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (29mm, 13.80 g, 12h). Dated CY 239 (AD 175/6). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding Nike and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right; ΘΛC (date) in exergue. Barkay 22; Spijkerman 16 corr. (under Commodus and with incorrrect date). VF, rough green surfaces, earthen deposits.