CNG 88, Lot: 777. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Philippopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (31mm, 20.28 g, 11h). AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head right / ΦIΛIΠΠO ΠOΛEITΩN, Demeter standing left, feeding serpent, emerging from open cista mystica, from patera and holding long torch with serpent entwined at base. Cf. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 450 (for rev. type on Geta); cf. Varbanov 1623 (same), and Varbanov 1530 (for obv.; same die as illustration). Near EF, green and brown patina with earthen overtones, minor smoothing in fields. Unique for this emperor from this city.

From Group CEM.