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LOT 3125
Caracalla and Julia Domna AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 198-217. ΚΥΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΣ (Quintilianus), legatus Augusti pro praetore.
ANTΩNINOC AVOVCTOC IOΥΛIA [...], laureate head of Caracalla to right vis-à-vis draped bust of Julia Domna to left / [...]TIΛIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛI[...], Nemesis standing to left, raising right hand to her mouth and holding cubit-rule with left; at feet, griffin to left and wheel; Є (mark of value) in left field. Cf. Varbanov 1034. Near Very Fine. Rare.(12.30gr, 26mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3125
Caracalla and Julia Domna AE Pentassarion or 5 Assaria of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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