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109, Lot: 110. Estimate $150.
Sold for $92. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ 35mm (21.56 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, viewed from the front / [TWN CEBASTIWN] above, [PRWTW]N G [NEWKOPWN CMURNAIWN] in exergue, three tetrastyle temples, each surmounted by wreath, the one in the center containing a statue of Roma, the left one a statue of Tiberius, and the right one a statue of Hadrian. SNG von Aulock 2220; SNG Copenhagen 1389; BMC Ionia pg. 288, 403.Fine, rough brown patina.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Purchased from A. H. Baldwin and Sons, June 1978.