Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 852. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA, Nysa-Scythopolis. Autonomous. Æ 19mm (6.96 gm). Dated year 130 (66/7 CE). Wreathed head of Dionysos left; countermark: NUSA(?) on neck / Shield over crossed spears and date; all within wreath. Rosenberger -; SNG ANS 1046; RPC I 4835; cf. Howgego 555 for possible countermark. VF, desert patina. Scarce; RPC lists nine specimens, only one in a private collection. ($200)

Nysa-Scythopolis was the ancient city of Bet Shean. It was at Bet Shean that the Philistines displayed the body of King Saul after he was defeated and chose to fall upon his own sword to avoid capture.