MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ Tetrassarion (27mm, 10.69 g, 1h). Ovinius Tertullus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 198-201. Near VF.Electronic Auction 535 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla, with Geta as Caesar. AD 198-217. Æ Tetrassarion (27mm, 10.69 g, 1h). Ovinius Tertullus, legatus Augusti pro praetore. Struck AD 198-201. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, seen from behind vis-a-vis bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Geta left, seen from the front / River-god Istros reclining left, holding ears of grain, water flows below him. HH&J 8.20.32.1; AMNG 1623; Varbanov 3166. Green-brown patina, minor roughness, smoothing. Near VF. Extremely rare. |