Unpublished Nysa Bronze

389, Lot: 477. Estimate $500. Sold for $35000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DECAPOLIS, Nysa-Scythopolis. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (32mm, 20.73 g, 12h). Dated CY 239 (AD 175/6). AV[T M] AVP ANTΩ–N[I]NO[C AVΓ], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NV[CAE?] • CK•–T (sic) IЄP•AC T • C[...], Dionysus, holding thyrsus, driving biga of panthers right; ΘΛC (date) in exergue. Barkay – (cf. pl. 3, 22 for obv. die); Spijkerman –; Sofaer –. Near VF, artificial green patina over natural brown. Extremely rare and unpublished in the standard references.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.