296, Lot: 185. Estimate $150. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Marcus Licinius Crassus. Proconsul, 54-53 BCE. Æ (19mm, 5.25 g, 12h). Head of Crassus right / Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding cantharus and leaning on thyrsus; ΓAB NY in two lines to left, Λ in exergue. RPC I 4827 var.; Barkay 5 var.; SNG ANS –; Rosenberger 3 var. Near VF, green patina.

This issue is normally dated on the reverse to the right of Dionysos, with the date being split by the thyrsus. No date is visible on this coin.