Details
LOT 3458
Caracalla AE 27mm of Dium, Decapolis. Dated CY 268 (AD 205/6).
AV K • M • AV ANTധNЄIN-O-C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΔЄIHNധN KOI C, hexastyle temple, flaming altar within, eagle in pediment; HΞC (date) downwards to left. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68428; CNG, E-336, 198. Near Very Fine.(13.48gr, 27mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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