146, Lot: 172. Estimate $100. Sold for $84. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ 35mm (24.70 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TWN CEB-CT-WN above, CMYPNAIWN P-RWTWN G NE-WKORWN, three tetrastyle temples, each with a wreath on it’s apex; statue of Roma seated left within central temple. Klose 26 (V9/R26) = BMC Ionia pg. 290, 416 (same dies). Fine, dark brown patina, surfaces a little rough.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.