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CNG 93, Lot: 913. Estimate $300.
Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (31mm, 10.68 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. Mantled bust left, wearing demiourgic crown / River-god Cydnus reclining left, holding trace of cornucopia; below left arm, bull’s head to left. Cf. SNG Levante 1061 (for rev. type); cf. SNG France 1535 (for obv.; same die) and 1537 (for rev. type). Good VF, black-green patina with olive overtones. Unique.


From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 954.