CNG 93, Lot: 755. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Philippopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (36mm, 25.05 g, 7h). Alexandrian Pythian Games issue. Struck AD 214-215. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Prize crown, inscribed ΠYΘIA and surmounted by balloting balls, set on table in perspective right; palm frond and urn below. Cf. Klose & Stumpf 195; Mouchmov, Philippopolis 377; cf. Varbanov 1420. VF, green patina, smoothed with some details enhanced.