347, Lot: 408. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (26mm, 11.53 g, 12h). Dated CY 224 (AD 160/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelius right / Laureate head of Hercules right, wearing lion skin around neck. RPC IV online 6666 var. (date); Sofaer 38 (same dies); Rosenberger 54; Spijkerman 38; SNG ANS –. VF, green patina, light deposits.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.