Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1461. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ 18mm (5.07 g, 12h). Darted Actian Era 34 (3/4 CE). Bare head right / Veiled and draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown; date to left. RPC 4810 (same obv. die as illustrated coin) and Supp. 2, p. 67 (for a discussion of dating); Spijkerman 9. Near VF, black-green patina with areas of olive encrustation. Rare.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.