Details
LOT 3141
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. Struck AD 210-211. ΦΛ. ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΟΣ (Flavius Ulpianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / V ΦΛ ΟVΛΠΙΑΝ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙΤ ΠΡΟC I, Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia. AMNG I 1579 var. (bust); Varbanov 3137 var. (same). Very Fine. Very rare.(13.19gr, 28mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3141
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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