CNG 93, Lot: 788. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LESBOS, Mytilene. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (46mm, 54.26 g, 6h). Apelles B Menemachos, strategus. Struck AD 214-217. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Caracalla right on horseback, to left, Nike standing right, crowning him with wreath; to right, trophy with bound captive seated at base and bound Parthia standing to right. SNG France –; Kraft pl. 41, 14 = Niggeler 614 = Burstein 608 (same obv. die); Mionnet Supp. VI, 128. Near VF, earthen green patina, surface roughness. Rare.