155, Lot: 247. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA. Smyrna. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (46mm, 56.83 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Three tetrastyle temples, each surmounted by wreath, the one in the center has
RW in the pediment and contains the figure of Roma seated left; the one on the left has TI in the pediment and contains a statue of Tiberius standing right; the one on the right has
AD in the pediment and contains a statue of Hadrian standing left. BMC p. 288, 403-4 var. (legend position); SNG von Aulock 2220 (same dies, but last line of the reverse legend reengraved?); Price and Trell 502, fig. 455. , even brown surfaces.