Very Rare City View Type

337, Lot: 197. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (30mm, 14.78 g, 12h). Laureate head right / City view: acropolis surmounted by main civic temple; four temples around, figure in grotto to upper left, statuary group of three nymphs to lower right. Ruzicka 713 var. (obv. legend); Varbanov 5256-7 var. (same, both R7). Fine, brown surfaces. Very rare type.

From the Mark Staal Collection of the Three Graces.