318, Lot: 455. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (23mm, 9.08 g, 11h). Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). Laureate and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right / Laureate bust of Hercules-Melkart right, wearing lion’s skin around neck; ЄKC (date) in legend. Spijkerman 39; SNG ANS 1310-1. Good VF, dark green patina, light earthen highlights.
Ex J.S. Wagner Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 79, 17 September 2008), lot 671.