Laodikeia (AD 198-217) AE 46 - Caracalla

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 â€¢ ANTÎ©NÐ„INOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Ð„Î I Î› AIÎ› Î Î™Î“ P HTO C ACIAP Î“, Î›AOÎ”IKÐ„Î©N/NÐ„Î©KOPÎ©/â€¢ N â€¢ 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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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)
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Date added:	Feb 08, 2013
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