PONTUS, Amasia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (31mm, 16.85 g, 7h). Dated CY 209 (AD 206/7). Near VF.Electronic Auction 574 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PONTUS, Amasia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (31mm, 16.85 g, 7h). Dated CY 209 (AD 206/7). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Caracalla, in military dress, standing facing, head left, holding patera over serpent-entwined altar and spear; in left field, star; ЄT CΘ (date, retrograde) to right. Dalaison 472 var. (D107-R373 var. [obv. draped/star in lower positon, rev. die unrecorded]); RG 75 var. (same); SNG BN 992 var. (same). Brown patina, some roughness and smoothing. Near VF. Very rare and unpublished variety. |