CNG 96, Lot: 665. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (24mm, 9.56 g, 12h). Dated CY 246 (AD 182/3). Laureate head right / Dionysus standing left, pouring wine from cantharus over panther and holding thyrsus; ςMC (date) in legend. Barkay 35; Spijkerman 18 corr. (reading of date); Rosenberger 23; Sofaer 26; SNG ANS 1048. VF, dark green patina under a layer of earthen deposits.