146, Lot: 105. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Nicopolis ad Nestum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 30mm (16.30 g). Laureate head right / OVL NIKOPOLEW-C PPOC MECTW, eagle standing facing, head turned right, on garlanded altar, between two standards. Komnick 31 (V6/R30); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -. Near VF, green patina. Very rare, only 2 specimens cited by Komnick.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.