Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 2827. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Mothone. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (4.37 g, 1h). Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing left, holding phiale and scepter. BCD Peloponnesos 813.2 (same rev. die). VF, rough brown surfaces. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale), purchased from P. Villemur, 1983.