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Auction: 3014 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 198

Caracalla & Plautilla, AE 33 mm., 14.99g., Cnidos, Caria, c. A.D. 202-5, their draped busts facing each other, rev. Aphrodite standing front, right hand at waist and left holding veil over vase (NC 1930, p. 296, 27), very rare; with AE 38 mm., Stratonikeia, Caria, similar obverse, with countermark below of bust of Caracalla right, rev. Zeus Panamaros on horseback right (Waddington 2589), rare; and Claudius, Messalina, and Britannicus, AE 19 mm., Tralles, Lydia, busts of Messalina and Claudius facing each other, rev. togate figure of Britannicus standing left, holding corn-ears (RPC 2654), fine to good fine (3) Estimate £ 150-200

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