Triton XV, Lot: 1398. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Plautilla. AD 202-205. Æ (36mm, 23.96 g, 12h). Cl. Dionysius, magistrate. AKPA KAI M AVP AИ • [KAI ΘЄ C-Є]B [NЄ] ΠΛAVTIΛΛAИ, confronted busts of Plautilla right, draped and wearing stephane, and Caracalla left, laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: ΘЄOV within rectangular incuse / [CTPATOИIKЄΩИ Є]ΠI TΩИ ΠЄP B KΛ ΔIOИVCIOИ, Zeus Panamaros, holding scepter in left hand, on horseback right; altar to right. SNG von Aulock 2695 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Keckman 262 (same obv. die). Good VF, dark green and red patina, minor obverse die shift. An interesting obverse legend lauding the divinity of Plautilla.
From Group CEM.