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Lot 56. Caracalla AE37, Pythian games reverse, Philippopolis
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, September 16th, 19:28:00 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 05:54:27 CET
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CHF 205.00 (6 bids)
Approx. EUR 220.21 / USD 229.41 / GBP 183.11
Bid history
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CHF 205.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2012-09-16, 19:13:16
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CHF 205.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2012-09-16, 19:13:07
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CHF 205.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2012-09-15, 18:10:19
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CHF 205.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2012-09-16, 18:59:21
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CHF 190.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2012-09-16, 18:59:11
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CHF 180.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2012-09-16, 18:59:03
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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High bidder: |
Bidder 2
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eAuction #8, Lot 56. Estimate: CHF 200.00
Caracalla (197-217 AD). AE37 (28.65 g), Philippopolis, Thrace, 214 AD. Obv. AYT K M AYP CEYH ANTΩNEINOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev. KOINON ΘPAKΩN AΛEΞAN / EN ΦIΛIΠ/ΠOΠO, price-crown on table. BMC 37; Varbanov 1273.
Rare. About very fine.
Struck on the occasion of the emperor's visit to the city in 214 AD. The Pythian games held at the time were renamed Alexandrian-Pythian games in honor of Caracalla, whose imitatio Alexandri was well known.
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