302, Lot: 245. Estimate $150. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (24mm, 4.58 g, 6h). Struck AD 214-215. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Drunken Hercules stumbling right, being held up by satyr standing behind him; to either side, satyr standing in support. Bellinger A299 var. (bust type); SNG von Aulock –; BMC 102-3 var. (rev. legend); SNG Copenhagen –. Near VF, light brown surfaces, porous. Rare and charming type.