439, Lot: 265. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Edessa. Æ (26mm, 14.16 g). Countermark applied late 1st–early 2nd centuries AD. Diademed head of an Eastern potentate left within oval countermark on a bronze of Nero from Antioch. Howgego 25. Host Fair, c/m VF, brown patina.

From the Richard Baker Collection.