237, Lot: 186. Estimate $100. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (25mm, 12..63 g, 12h). Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Verus right, seen from behind / Laureate bust of Melkart-Herakles right, wearing lion skin tied at neck; thunderbolt before, date in legend. Spijkerman 55; Rosenberger 57; SNG ANS 1317 var. (bust type). VF, green patina with earthen highlights.