MESSENIA, Mothone. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Assarion (22mm, 4.51 g, 3h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Good Fine.

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Lot: 266. Estimated: $ 150

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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MESSENIA, Mothone. Julia Domna. Augusta, AD 193-217. Æ Assarion (22mm, 4.51 g, 3h). Struck circa AD 198-205. IOYΛIA ΔOMNA CEBACTH, draped bust right / MOΘΩNAIΩN, Harbor of Mothone; depicted as a semicircular colonnaded warf with a distyle shrine containing a statue at each end; at the center of the harbor, a statue of Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia; at the entrance of the harbor below, galley with rowers left. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 808-9 (Caracalla); cf. NCP II, p. 68, 1 (same); BMC –. Earthen brown patina, porosity, edge chip. Good Fine. Extremely rare and unpublished.


Closing Date and Time: 3 January 2024 at 11:28:20 ET.

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