LACONIA, Las. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Assarion (22mm, 3.67 g, 3h). Struck circa AD 202-205. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / ΛA ΩN, Hygiea standing right, feeding serpent from patera held in arms. BCD Peloponnesos 991 var. (same obv. die; ethnic spelled with ω rather than Ω); cf. NCP p. 65 (pl. O, XX) = BMC 2 (Hygieia left, ethnic spelled with ω rather than Ω); CNG EA 349, lot 245. Earthen red-brown patina, cleaning scratches. Fine. Very rare.


Closing Date and Time: 6 March 2024 at 11:20:00 ET.

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