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11 October 2020
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Unpublished

Starting Price: 100 CHF
Hammer Price:  750 CHF
Lot 449

MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Caracalla, 197-217. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 27 mm, 12.37 g, 2 h), struck under the magistrate Flavius Ulpianus. AY K M AYP - ANTΩNINOC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right. Rev. Y ΦΛ OYΛΠIANOY N-I-KOΠOΛI ΠPOC I Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding kantharos with his extended right hand and long filleted thyrsos in his left; at his feet to left, panther to left, his head turned backwards to face Dionysos. Unpublished but cf. AMNG 1671 for a similar issue for Geta. A wonderful example with a bold portrait of Caracalla. Nearly extremely fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, ex Lanz 106, 26-27 November 2001, 555.

Online bidding closes: 11 Oct 2020, 17:44:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 13:26:17 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:750 CHF by madmike (10 bids)
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