CNG 91, Lot: 491. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Caracalla, with Julia Domna. AD 198-217. Æ Pentassarion (27mm, 11.77 g, 1h). Quintilianus,
legatus consularis. Struck AD 215. Confronted busts of Caracalla right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, and Julia Domna left, draped / Arch consisting of large central bay and two smaller flanking bays supporting a large attic with two arched windows; above, four human figures standing facing; Є (mark of value) to right. H&J,
Marcianopolis 6.19.46.16 (same dies as illustration); AMNG I/1, 695; Varbanov 1041-2 corr. (should be combined under one entry). Near EF, green patina, light cleaning marks on reverse, tiny scuff on bay to right. Rare type.
From Group CEM.