CNG 90, Lot: 958. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Pergamum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (44mm, 50.67 g, 6h). Julius Anthimus,
strategus. Struck AD 215-217. Laureate and cuirassed bust right; cuirass decorated with aegis / Caracalla on horseback right, preparing to spear lion below, crouching left. Von Fritze,
Pergamon, p. 74 and pl. VII, 9 (rev. only illustrated; same die); SNG France 2238 (same dies); SNG von Aulock -. VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing and traces of details enhanced. Very rare.