354, Lot: 331. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Nicomedia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (27mm, 10.94 g, 12h). ANTΩNЄINOC AVΓOVCTOC, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / NIKO(MH)ΔЄΩN ΔIC NЄΩKOPΩN, Ceres standing right, holding torch and grain ears. Cf. RG 216 var. (bust type). Good VF, green patina, some fill on the reverse. Very rare, and an apparently unpublished type with this obverse and reverse combination.