Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1226. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Capitolias. Commodus. 177-192 AD. Æ 34mm (22.42 gm, 12h). Dated CY 93 (189/90 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KAPITwL in exergue, E AVT IEPAC, KG along roofline, tetrastyle temple with arched central bay set on three-tiered base; within, statue of Tyche standing left, holding sceptre. Spijkerman 13; SNG ANS -. VF, brown patina rubbed on the high points. Rare, much better than the Spijkerman specimen. ($300)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.