Apparently unpublished
Lot 255
PAPHLAGONIA. Germanicopolis. Caracalla, 198-217. Assarion (Orichalcum, 20 mm, 3.88 g, 7 h), CY 214 = 208/9. AY KAI M A ANTΩNЄINOC Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΓЄΡMANIKOΠOΛIC - ЄT C/ΔI Caracalla on hoseback to right, holding spear in his right hand. BMC -. RG -, cf. 43 (bust laureate). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Leypold -. SNG Paris -. SNG von Aulock -. Winterthur -. Apparently unpublished. About extremely fine.

What makes this coin particularly interesting is the use of the nominative singular ΓЄΡMANIKOΠOΛIC (= 'Germanicopolis') in the ethnic rather than the usual genitive plural ΓЄΡMANIKOΠOΛЄITΩN (= '[coin] of the people of Germanicopolis')
Estimate:
250 CHF
Starting price:
200 CHF
Hammer price:
400 CHF
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Closing time: 27-Oct-19, 06:00:00 CET
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