369, Lot: 381. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ACHAEA, Aegaera. Plautilla. Augusta, AD 202-205. Æ Assarion (23mm, 5.84 g, 9h). Draped bust right / Tyche standing left, raising right hand, holding cornucopia in left. BCD Peloponnesos –; BCD Peloponnesos II –; BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; cf. NCP p. 91. Fine, brown surfaces with traces of red patina. Very rare.
From the J. S. Wagner Collection.
NCP records a Tyche type for Plautilla where the goddess holds a scepter and cornucopia.