299, Lot: 67. Estimate $100. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Koinon of Thessaly. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (18mm, 3.09 g, 9h). Struck circa AD 211-217. M A AVANTΩNIN-OC, laureate head right / KO-IN-ON ΘЄCCAΛΩ[N], warrior (Caracalla?) on horse rearing right; [coiled serpent] to lower right. Burrer, MA-G 37 = BCD Thessaly II 980 var. (bust type, legends and their distribution); Rogers –. Fine, black patina, light smoothing, areas of flat strike. Extremely rare – only one other specimen with this reverse type known.

From the BCD Collection.