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Lot 68. Caracalla Assarion, Kyparissia, ex BCD
Extremely rare mint
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, November 18th, 19:34:00 CET)
Current time: Friday, October 31st, 21:42:59 CET
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CHF 320.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 344.67 / USD 398.81 / GBP 303.49
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CHF 320.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2012-11-04, 13:11:19
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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Bidder 1
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eAuction #10, Lot 68. Estimate: CHF 400.00
Caracalla (198-217 AD). AE Assarion (21 mm, 3.85 g), Kyparissia, Messene. C. 198-208 AD.
Obv. M AVP ANTΩ [...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right.
Rev. KVΠAPICCIЄΩN, Tyche standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.
BCD Peloponnesos 799 (this coin); otherwise, unpublished.
Extremely rare. Good very fine.
From the BCD collection; ex LHS 96 (2006), 799 and Colosseum Coin Exchange MBS 78 (1994), 257.
Kyparissia was a small port on the west coast of Messenia with a history dating back at least to the 4th Century BC. Its only coinage was issued under the Severans.
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