Extremely Rare Severan Games Issue

367, Lot: 347. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (27mm, 13.61 g, 1h). Severan Games issue with Philadelphia. Struck AD 198. AYT K M AYPH ANTΩNINOC AYΓ, laureate head right; uncertain c/m to left / CEOYHPEIA ΦIΛAΔEΛΦEIA NIKAIEΩN, table surmounted by two agonistic urns and uncertain object; below, amphora containing two palm fronds. Cf. RG 485 and 488 (for rev. legend); cf. SNG von Aulock 7040 (same). Good Fine, dark green patina. Extremely rare, and apparently unpublished.