Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1228. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 23mm (13.17 gm, 12h). Dated CY 281 (217/18 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple; statue of Zeus seated facing within, holding sceptre and thunderbolt, eagle at feet; date in pediment. Spijkerman 93; SNG ANS -. EF, dark green patina with earthen highlights. One of the finest known Gadara bronzes. ($750)