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CNG 97, Lot: 509. Estimate $300.
Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (25mm, 9.99 g, 12h). Dated CY 227 (AD 163/4). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus; KZC (date) in legend. Barkay –; Spijkerman 14 (same obv. die); SNG ANS –; cf. Rosenberger 18 corr. (not laureate; same obv. die). Good VF, attractive dark green patina, light earthen highlights around the devices.


From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 289 (24 October 2012), lot 235.