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ID:     780424
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     THRACE
City:     Pautalia
Issuer:     Caracalla
Date Ruled:     AD 198-217
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Pentassarion
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 198-217
Diameter:     27 mm
Weight:     14.70 g
Die Axis:     1 h
Obverse Legend:     AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC (VP ligate)
Obverse Description:     Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:     OVΛΠIAC ΠAV/TAΛIAC
Reverse Description:     Asclepius reclining left, head right, on winged and bearded serpent coiled right, raising right hand and cradling serpent-entwined staff in left arm.
Primary Reference:     Ruzicka 612
Reference2:     SNG Cop -
Reference3:     Varbanov 3278
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=117845
Grade:     EF, hard green patina with traces of brown
Notes:     Rare reverse type. During the last five years of his life, following the murder of his younger brother Geta in AD 212, Caracalla was much troubled by illness, probably largely psychosomatic brought on by the guilt of having the blood of his brother on his hands. On his way to fight the Parthians in AD 214, he paid a special visit to the great shrine of Asclepius at Pergamum and participated in its mysteries in the hopes of finding a cure. While that city in particular celebrated the event with a series of large bronze medallions, other cities along the imperial route took the opportunity to strike coinage in a similar vein in the hopes that they too might participate in effecting an imperial cure in some small way.