284, Lot: 188. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Nysa-Scythopolis. Aulus Gabinius. Proconsul, 57-55 BC. Æ (19mm, 4.98 g, 12h). Wreathed head of Gabinius right; ΓA behind / Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm; ivy leaf to right. Barkay 2; RPC I 4826 var. (no ivy leaf). Near VF, grayish-green patina with earthen highlights. Rarest of Barkay’s three “Gabinius/Nike” varieties.