349, Lot: 240. Estimate $100. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Thuria. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (22mm, 4.36 g, 4h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aesculapius standing facing, head left, holding serpent-entwined staff; Λ-A across field. BCD Peloponnesos 838.1; NCP p. 65; Dura –; BMC –. Near VF, dark green-brown patina. Very rare.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.