Watch List notes:

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (23mm, 11.73 g, 12h). Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). Laureate and draped bust right / Laureate bust of Hercules-Melkart right, lion skin tied at neck; thunderbolt to right; ЄKC (date) in legend. RPC Online 6678; Meshorer, City Coins -; Spijkerman 54 corr. (bust of Verus described as also being cuirassed); SNG ANS 1317. Good VF, black-green desert patina. Attractive provincial issue.


From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection.