Watch List notes:

LESBOS. Mytilene. Caracalla, 198-217. Pentassarion (Bronze, 33 mm, 20.94 g, 6 h), P. Ioulios Leonteos, strategos. ΑΥΤ ΚΑ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind; to right, countermark: lyre within circle of dots within circular incuse. Rev. ЄΠΙ CTPΑ ΠΟ ΙΟΥ ΛЄΟΝΤЄΩC / ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ Caracalla, on the left, standing right and clasping hands with Septimius Severus, on the right, standing left. BMC -. Kraft pl. 66, 23. McClean 8024. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -. For countermark: Howgego 422. Extremely rare. Minor smoothing, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of R. Wightman, formed from the late 1970s to the early 2000s, Leu Web Auction 19, 26-28 February 2022, 2103.