352, Lot: 348. Estimate $75. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ As (20mm, 8.40 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 213-215. Laureate head right / S C, eagle standing facing, head left, with open wings below; all within laurel wreath. McAlee 696; SNG Copenhagen 231; BMC 356. VF, dark green to black patina with reddish earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.
From the Dr. George Spradling Collection.