Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 599. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis, Dium. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ 28mm (16.79 g, 1h). Dated CY 268 (205/6 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Lighted altar within arched central bay of hexastyle temple set on low base; in pediment, eagle right with wings displayed; date to left. Spijkerman 1; Rosenberger 1; SNG ANS 1277. Near EF, blue-black patina with trace of earthen overtones. ($750)