Provincial Coinage of Mesopotamia from the J.S. Wagner Collection

224, Lot: 472. Estimate $100. Sold for $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Carrhae. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Late 2nd century AD. Æ 10mm (1.11 g, 5h). Crab / Star above filleted crescent set on globe. BMC - (but see p. lxxxix for discussion); Bellinger, The Excavations at Dura-Europos: The Coins 1498. Near VF, green patina under a layer of earthen deposits. Extremely rare.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.