369, Lot: 393. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Thuria. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (21mm, 4.67 g, 3h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing left, holding Nike and spear; Λ-A across field. Unpublished in the standard references. Fine, earthen green patina.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.

NCP records two Athena types for Thuria: 1) Athena holding spear and shield set on ground (BCD Peloponnesos 838.2 and BCD Peloponnesos II 2840), and 2) Athena holding patera and spear (Berlin).