360, Lot: 262. Estimate $150. Sold for $777. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Bassus. 46-44 BC. Æ (21mm, 3.44 g, 12h). Dated CY 19 (46/5 BC). Bare head of Bassus or Gabinius right / Dionysus standing left, holding uncertain object (cantharus?) and thyrsus; ΙΘ (date) in right field. Barkay 6; Sofaer –; RPC I 4828. Fine, brown patina. Rare.