| Nomos AG > obolos 30 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 565 Price realized: 340 CHF (Approx. 393 USD / 357 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. (Bronze, 25 mm, 9.48 g, 12 h), dated year 224 = 160/1 AD. AYT KAIC M AYP ANTWNEINOC Draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right, seen from the rear. Rev. ΓΑ∆Α-ΡEWN ∆ΚC laureate head of youthful Heracles with lion skin knotted at neck to right. RPC IV.3, 6293 (temporary). Spijkerman 38. Sofaer pl. 138, 37. Dark brown patina. Rare. Very fine. The ruins of Gadara (today located at Umm Qais in Jordan) are dramatically overlooking the Sea of Galilee. In 63 BC Pompey placed the city under Roman control and had it rebuilt as a bulwark against Nabataean expansion. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
