Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 788. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Geta, as Caesar. 198-209 AD. AR Tetradrachm (8.56 gm).
PO C
EP GETAC KAI, bare-headed and draped bust right / C
ELEUKEWN TWN PROC
TW KALUKADNWN CE, Dionysus standing left, wearing long chiton, holding cantharus and thyrsus. SNG Levante 750 = SNG von Aulock 8708 (this coin); SNG France -; BMC Lycaonia -; SNG Copenhagen- ; Prieur 747 (this coin illustrated). Toned VF, light porosity. Extremely rare; two varieties of this type are known, both from unique specimens. ($500)
Ex von Aulock Collection, 8708.