180, Lot: 90. Estimate $100. Sold for $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Serdica. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 28mm (16.40 g). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with head of Serapis / Caracalla on horseback right, saluting with right hand. BMC 24 var. (bust type); SNG Copenhagen -; Varbanov 291 var. (same). VF, choice green patina on the obverse with a bold portrait and attractive shield design, some peripheral roughness; reverse porous.