Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1155. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ 33mm (19.96 gm, 1h). Struck 215-217 AD. Laureate head left; star below / Lion advancing right; A/M K above lion's back;
G B in exergue. SNG Levante 1052 (this coin); SNG France 1516-1517 var. (bust type). VF, black-green patina, area of flat-strike, light scratch across portrait. Extremely rare; only the second specimen known. ($200)
From the same obvrse die as lot 1156.