369, Lot: 388. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MESSENIA, Mothone. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (21mm, 4.34 g, 5h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing left, holding patera and spear. BCD Peloponnesos –; BCD Peloponnesos II 2824 (same obv. die); BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; cf. NCP p. 68 (type recorded for Domna and Geta). Good Fine, dark green patina. Rare.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.