Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2824. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Mothone. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (3.37 g, 8h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing left, holding phiale and scepter. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 808/813.2 (for obv./rev. type). VF, porous brown surfaces. Rare variety.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale).