CNG 97, Lot: 501. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Capitolias. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (28mm, 17.64 g, 12h). [Dated CY 122 (AD 219)]. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / Zeus seated left, extending right hand and holding eagle-tipped scepter in left, within octastyle temple with broad architrave supporting pediment surmounted by statuary group between two crenellated towers; [PKB (date) across upper field]. Meshorer, City Coins 233; Spijkerman 24; SNG ANS 1276; Sofaer 13; Rosenberger 16. Near VF, earthen black-green patina. Rare architectural type.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.