94, Lot: 123. Estimate $150. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar. 139-161 AD. Æ 24mm (9.37 gm). Dated year 223=159-160 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Tyche standing left, holding sceptre and cornucopiae, being crowned by Nike on column. Spijkerman 50; Rosenberger 53. Good VF, green and earthen patina. Rare. 

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 64 (24 September 2003), lot 726.

Both Spijkerman and Rosenberger attribute this coin to Lucius Verus, but it is dated a year before Verus became co-emperor. It is in fact one of the rare issues with Aurelius' given name, Marcus Annius Verus.