Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 804. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Pylus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (3.95 g, 5h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing left, holding phiale and spear. BCD Peloponnesus 819 (this coin). Good VF, black patina with dusty orange overtones. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8-9 May 2006), lot 819.