Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553 | Auction date: 3 January 2024 |
Lot number: 266 Price realized: 950 USD (Approx. 860 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: 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 Extremely rare and unpublished. Estimate: 150 USD |