CNG 99, Lot: 484. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Capitolias. Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ (29mm, 18.91 g, 12h). Dated CY 93 (AD 189/90). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus seated left, holding scepter, within octastyle temple; pediment surmounted by altar between crenelated towers; Γ–Ч (date) across upper field. Spijkerman 11 (same obv. die); Sofaer 6 var. (rev. legend, Zeus seated right). VF, green and reddish-brown patina.