335, Lot: 345. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Abila. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (26mm, 17.93 g, 12h). Dated CY 251 (AD 187/8). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche, holding scepter and flaming altar, standing right on half-length figure of river-god Hieromax; small figure on base to either side; all within distyle shrine. Spijkerman 12; Sofaer 14. Fine, sandy green patina.
From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.