410, Lot: 161. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Cyparissa. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (22mm, 4.74 g, 5h). Struck circa AD 198-209. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing left, with shield at side, holding patera and spear. BCD Peloponnesos 791.6 (this coin); NCP p. 70, 2. Near VF, rough brown patina. Rare.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 791 (part of); A. Rhousopoulos Collection.