318, Lot: 401. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Anchialus. Geta. AD 209-211. Æ 4 Assarion (29mm, 14.00 g, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Galley with four oarsmen left; at stern, Geta standing left, holding globe and scepter, before two signa; Δ (mark of value) above. AMNG II 561; Varbanov 474 (R5, same dies as illustration). VF, dark green-brown surfaces, obverse die flaws. Scarce.
Ex Alexandre de Barros Ship Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 73, 13 September 2006) lot 653; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 99 (13 October 2004), lot 65.