Very Rare Governor Issue
237, Lot: 187. Estimate $400. Sold for $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Bassus. 46-44 BC. Æ (21mm, 5.47 g, 12h). Dated CY 19 (46/5 BC). Bare head of Bassus right / Dionysos standing left, holding uncertain object (kantharos?) and thyrsos; date degenerated. Barkay 6; RPC I 4828; Rosenberger 2. VF, choice green patina with attractive sandy highlights. Very rare.