98, Lot: 81. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Titus, as Caesar. 69-79 AD. Æ 20mm (5.67 gm). Dated CY 137 (74 CE). Laureate head right / + between crossed cornucopiae; L Z[LP] above. RPC II 2096; Spijkerman 30; Rosenberger 35; . Near VF, brown patina. Rare.

The civic year for Gadara is based on Pompey’s settlement of the region in 63 BCE.