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ID:     591754
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     CILICIA
City:     Tarsus
Issuer:     Caracalla
Date Ruled:     AD 198-217
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE32
Date Struck:     AD 211-217
Diameter:     32 mm
Weight:     18.03 g
Obverse Legend:     AVT KAI M AVP CEVHPOC ANTΩNEINOC CEB Π Π
Obverse Description:     laureate head left undraped
Reverse Legend:     ANTONIANHC CEV AΔP MHTP TAPCOV AMK ΓB
Reverse Description:     Herakles and the Lernaean hydra: Uncertain legend around, TARCOV in exergue, Herakles standing left, nude, holding lion's skin on left arm and raising club far over his right shoulder, about to beat to death the Hydra
Mint:     Tarsus
Primary Reference:     SNG Levante -1051
Reference2:     SNG Levante Suppl. -
Reference3:     SNG France -
Reference4:     SNG VA -; R. BrÄuer, "Die Heraklestaten auf antiken MÜnzen," ZfN 28 (1910), pl. 2, 12; Voegtli 2q (same reverse die); Cornell 116 (this coin)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=16452
Grade:     Fine, green patina, chalky surfaces
Notes:     Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1754 ($400) From the David Simpson Collection.