Wrongly dated by the die cutter
Lot 637
PONTUS. Heracleopolis (as Sebastopolis). Caracalla, 198-217. Tetrassarion (Orichalcum, 31 mm, 15.21 g, 12 h), CY 208 = 205/6. AYT K M AYPH ANTωNINOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. CЄBAC/TOΠΟ HP/AKΛЄOΠ/OΠ - ЄT IHC Herakles reclining left on lion skin; behind, club. Amandry-Rémy -, cf. 18 (R13, for Septimius Severus). Naville E-Auction 18 (2015), 180 (same dies). Apparently unpublished and the second known example. Very fine.

The date on the reverse of this coin reads IHC = 218 in error: it should be HC = 208, which dates the issue to 205/6 AD. When the reverse die was used for Septimius Severus, the mistake was noticed and the die cutter converted the erroneous ЄT IHC into a ЄT•HC
Starting price:
75 CHF
Hammer price:
380 CHF
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Closing time: 23-Feb-19, 19:18:30 CET
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