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286, Lot: 225. Estimate $150.
Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Daldis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (37mm, 27.00 g, 9h). L. Aurelius Metrodoros, magistrate. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Tyche, holding rudder and cornucopia, standing left within tetrastyle temple. LS -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Lydia - (but cf. pg. 71, 11-2 for same magistrate striking for Septimius Severus and Caracalla). Near VF, golden tan surfaces with thick red patina around edges, obverse a little rough with cleaning marks or old scratches in fields.


From the R. D. Frederick Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 109, lot 114; Antioch Associates (24 September 2001), lot 101 (but there incorrectly identified as Septimius Severus). .