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Lot 18. Caracalla AE Tetrassarion, Plotinopolis
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, March 27th, 19:09:00 CEST)
Current time: Monday, November 25th, 08:51:42 CET
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CHF 440.00 (3 bids)
Approx. EUR 472.64 / USD 492.40 / GBP 392.96
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CHF 440.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2016-03-14, 22:55:43
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CHF 420.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2016-03-14, 17:42:40
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CHF 400.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2016-03-13, 20:39:40
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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 #46, Lot 18. Estimate: CHF 500.00
Caracalla (198-217 AD). AE Tetrassarion (34 mm, 18.44 g), Plotinopolis, Thrace, 214.
Obv. AYT K M AVP CЄV ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind.
Rev. ΠΛOTEINOΠOΛEITΩN, youthful Heros on horseback to right, holding sceptre.
Varbanov 1851.
Extremely rare. Pleasant green patina and very fine.
From the François Righetti Collection; ex CNG 53 (2000), 1051.
Plotinopolis, named after Trajan's wife Plotina, was one of the smaller mints of Thrace. Our coin was likely issued on the occasion of Caracalla's visit of Thrace during his slow travel to Syria and Egypt in 214/5.
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