Plate Coin for Two References

CNG 88, Lot: 692. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Caracalla, with Julia Domna. AD 198-217. Æ Pentassarion (26mm, 13.13 g, 7h). Quintilianus, legatus consularis. Laureate head of Caracalla right vis-à-vis draped bust of Julia Domna left / Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and scepter; Є (mark of value) to left. H&J, Marcianopolis, 6.19.1.3 (this coin illustrated); Varbanov 1060 (this coin illustrated). Near EF, dark green patina, areas of minor pitting. Rare.

From Group CEM. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 38 (6 June 1996), lot 659.