LACONIA, Las. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (21mm, 3.77 g, 8h). Struck circa AD 202-205. VF.Electronic Auction 557 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 1 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LACONIA, Las. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (21mm, 3.77 g, 8h). Struck circa AD 202-205. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Terminal figure (of Las?), cloaked and holding an uncertain curved object, before a balustrade under a curved arch supported by two columns. BCD Peloponnesos 990; NCP –; BMC –. Earthen brown patina, small pit, obverse off center. VF. Very rare, possibly the second known. |