The River Scamander

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1066. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TROAS, Ilium. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 29mm (17.59 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / CKAMANDPOC, river-god Scamander reclining left on upturned urn, from which water flows beneath him, holding reed. Bellinger T240 (Dupondius); SNG München -; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, dark green patina with dusty earthen overtones.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.