Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1227. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Caracalla, with Geta. 198-211 AD. Æ 30mm (17.24 gm, 12h). Dated CY 262 (198/9 AD). Caracalla and Geta, standing facing each other, clasping hands / Tetrastyle temple; statue of Zeus seated facing within, holding sceptre and uncertain object; date in pediment. Spijkerman 72; SNG ANS 1321. VF for type, brown and green patina. ($500)

The object held by Zeus is variously described as a thunderbolt, eagle, or Nike. On this coin it looks like a small bust of an emperor.