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CNG 93, Lot: 914. Estimate $200.
Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (32mm, 18.18 g, 12h). Struck AD 215-217. Mantled bust right, wearing demiourgic crown / Elephant standing left with Ciliarch crown inscribed O MAK KI on its back. SNG Levante Supp. 269 (this coin); SNG France 1541 var. (legend placement on crown; same obv. die); ArtCoins Roma 4, lot 212 (same dies). Fine, olive patina with whitish-beige overtones. Very rare.


From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 1151; Eduardo Levante Collection, Supp. 269.