MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Tetrassarion (26mm, 10.42 g, 7h). Ovinius Tertullus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 198-201. VF.Electronic Auction 535 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Tetrassarion (26mm, 10.42 g, 7h). Ovinius Tertullus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 198-201. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Istros reclining left, holding ears of grain and resting elbow on urn from which water flows. HH&J 8.18.32.1 corr. (rev. description); AMNG 1526; Varbanov 3101. Green-brown patina, minor roughness. VF. Rare. |