CNG 88, Lot: 825. Estimate $150. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CORINTHIA, Corinth. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (24mm, 8.62 g, 9h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on shoulder; c/m: draped bust of Julia Domna right in incuse oval / Athena standing left, holding Nike and spear, shield at side; at feet to left, owl standing facing. BCD Corinth 916 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen -; Howgego -. Good VF, dark green and brown patina. Very rare countermark.
From Group CEM. Ex BCD Collection (Lanz 105, 26 November 2001), lot 916; Numismatic Fine Arts FPL 16 (November-December 1979), no. 3.