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Laodikeia (AD 198-217) AE 46 - Caracalla
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Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AE46 - Medallion (50.59g, 6h). L. Ael(ius) Pigres, third Asiarch. Struck mid-August 215 AD -mid-August 216 AD. A[V]T KAI M AVP • ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI Λ AIΛ ΠΙΓ P HTO C ACIAP Γ, ΛAOΔIKЄΩN/NЄΩKOPΩ/• N • in three lines in exergue, Caracalla standing left, holding patera over tripod; attendants on either side, holding statuettes; to left, victimarius preparing to strike bull, attendant holding titulus inscribed CMO/NOM in two line, and two youths; in background, octostyle temple with windows in pediment. VF, black-green patina with traces of red-brown, some minor roughness. Extremely rare, the fifth specimen known.
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| File information |
| Filename: | 92000706.jpg |
| City/Mint name: | Laodikeia |
| Keywords: | roman / bronze |
| References: | Burrell coin type 8a and pl. 25, 99 (same rev. die as illustrated coin) = Berlin 664/1914 = Prowe (Egger 46, 1779); Price & Trell 420 and fig. 226 (same dies); Lanz 148, 119 (same dies); Gorny & Mosch 107, 312 |
| Valuation: | CNG Triton XVI (1/2013), lot 706 ($7000 + comm) |
| Photo courtesy of: | Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com |
| Filesize: | 110 KiB |
| Date added: | Feb 08, 2013 |
| Dimensions: | 800 x 395 pixels |
| Displayed: | 624 times |
| URL: | http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=10150 |
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