Auction XIX – 26 - 27 March 2020
The William Stancomb Collection, Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, British and...
Part 1: Th, 26.03.2020, from 11:00 AM CET
Part 2: Fr, 27.03.2020, from 11:00 AM CET
The auction is closed.
Part 2: Fr, 27.03.2020, from 11:00 AM CET
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Description
★ One of Only Two Known ★
Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 207-209. AVT KAI ANTΩNЄINOC CЄ, laureate head right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC B, eagle with wings spread and head to right standing facing, holding wreath in beak; star between legs. Prieur 1142 (this coin); Prieur & Amandry Group II, 27; McAlee, Severan, Group I, 15. 14.41g, 27mm, 12h.
Near Mint State; light golden cabinet tone. Extremely Rare; one of just two examples known to Prieur.
This coin published in M. Prieur, A Type Corpus of The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253 (Lancaster, 2000);
Ex Michel Prieur Collection;
Ex A. Tkalec AG, 28 October 1994, lot 250.
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Bidding
| Price realized | 900 GBP |
| Starting price | 750 GBP |
| Estimate | 1'250 GBP |
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