CNG 90, Lot: 1115. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Abila. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (21mm, 12.76 g, 12h). Dated CY 226 (AD 162/3). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Hercules seated left on rock outcropping, holding club set on ground; ςKC (date) in exergue. RPC Online 6512 (same obv. die); Meshorer, City Coins 212; Spijkerman 9; SNG ANS 1122-4. VF, dark green desert patina.

From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.