349, Lot: 223. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ACHAEA, Aegium. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Diassarion (22mm, 6.49 g, 9h). Struck AD 196-208. I ΔO CЄBA AVΓOVCT, draped bust left; cornucopia to right / AIΓI-ЄωN, Lucina (Eileithuia) standing facing, head right, holding torch in each hand. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 455/457 (for obv. [same obv. die]/for rev.); cf. Kroll,
Bronze 56-8/59 (for obv./for rev.); NCP p. 83; Dura –; BMC –. Near VF, porous brown surfaces. Extremely rare, and apparently an unpublished variety.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.