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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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