Two Unpublished Drachms from Mesopotamia

322, Lot: 483. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Uncertain mint (Edessa?). Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AR Drachm (17mm, 2.12 g, 1h). Struck circa AD 165. AVT K M AVP[HΛ A]NTΩNINOC, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / VΠEP NIKHC POMAIΩN (on behalf of the victory of the Romans), Female figure standing left, holding phiale and baton (or anchor) set on ground. Cf. RPC Online temp. no. 9578 (for obv.); BMC pp. xcviii-xcix (for series); otherwise unpublished. VF, bright surfaces, poorly struck. Apparently unique.