CNG 84, Lot: 897. Estimate $150. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (21mm, 8.86 g, 7h). Dated Pompeian Era 281 (AD 217/8). AY K MAV ANTωN[...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΓAΔAPЄω [N] AΠC I AAΓ, The Charites (the Three Graces) standing, the left and right facing, the middle with back to view. Spijkerman 83 var. (rev. legend); Rosenberger 87 var. (same); cf. SNG ANS 1331. Near VF, earthen green patina.

From the Mark Staal Collection.