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ID:
721138
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Provincial
Region:
THRACE
City:
Pautalia
Issuer:
Caracalla
Date Ruled:
AD 198-217
Metal:
Bronze
Denomination:
AE 28
Date Struck:
AD 215-217
Diameter:
28 mm
Weight:
14.49 g
Die Axis:
12 h
Obverse Legend:
AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC
Obverse Description:
Laureate heroic bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder
Reverse Legend:
OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIA/C
Reverse Description:
Hygieia standing right, serpent on stola, holding patera over altar surmounted by bust of Caracalla, and Asclepius standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff; garlanded tetrastyle temple in background, pediment decorated with coiled serpent
Primary Reference:
Ruzicka 619 var. (no temple)
Reference2:
Mouchmov 4237 var. (same)
Reference3:
SNG Cop -
Reference4:
Varbanov -
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=84906
Grade:
Good VF, green and olive patina, light smoothing
Notes:
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1138 Very rare. 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.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
