ARCADIA, Mantinea. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Assarion (22mm, 6.88 g, 4h). VF.

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Lot: 310. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 1 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ARCADIA, Mantinea. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Assarion (22mm, 6.88 g, 4h). [IO]YΛIA ΔOMNA CЄ, draped bust right / MANTINЄΩN, horse, prancing right, wearing bridle, right fore-leg raised. BCD Peloponnesos –; NCP –; BMC –. Unpublished. Brown patina with red earthen highlights, slight roughness and minor smoothing. VF. Extremely rare, unpublished.

The prancing horse motif is common on the coinage of Antinoüs from Mantinea and is known from two rare specimens of Plautilla. It is previously unrecorded for Julia Domna.

Closing Date and Time: 19 July 2023 at 11:43:00 ET.

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