Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1252. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ 23mm (12.33 g, 12h). Dated CY 224 (AD 160/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / GADA-REwN DKC, laureate bust of Melkart-Herakles right, lion’s skin tied at neck. Spijkerman 38; cf. SNG ANS 1310-1311; Rosenberger 43. Good VF, dark brown patina. Rare this nice.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.