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ID:
721139
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
THRACE
City:
Perinthus
Issuer:
Caracalla
Date Ruled:
AD 198-217
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
AE 36 Medallion
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 215-217
Diameter:
36 mm
Weight:
34.50 g
Die Axis:
7 h
Obverse die reference:
Varbanov 273
Reverse die reference:
Varbanov 273
Obverse Legend:
AVY K M AVP CEOVHP(HPlig) ANTΩNINOC AVG(lig)
Obverse Description:
Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from front, aegis over left shoulder and gorgoneion on breastplate, holding spear over left shoulder
Reverse Legend:
ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ/ ΝΕΩΚΟPΩ/Ν
Reverse Description:
Serapis standing left, holding phiale and cornucopiae; to left, Zeus, standing left, holding phiale and sceptre, to right, Hera, veiled, standing left
Primary Reference:
SchÖnert-Geiss, Perinthos 606
Reference2:
SNG Cop -
Reference3:
Varbanov 273
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84907
Grade:
VF, olive patina with areas of black-green, minor hairline flan crack
Notes:
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1139 Rare. Ex Spink 152 (11 April 2001), lot 362.This reverse shares the same obverse die with several other types commemorating both Caracalla and the city’s imperial cult. Like similar medallions throughout the region, ours could have been struck to recall a possible visit of Caracalla to Perinthus as he was making his way through the region eastward in 215 AD to fight the Persians. Caracalla closely identified himself with Serapis, the Hellenistic Egyptian god associated with healing. On our coin, Jupiter and Hera, two of the three gods making up the Capitoline Triad, Rome’s supreme tutelaries, flank Serapis, and it is quite possible that this was a local acknowledgment of the emperor’s divinity.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
