Tarsos (AD 198-217) Didrachm - Caracalla

Caracalla, 211-217 AD. AR Didrachm (7.03g), struck 215 AD. AV K M AVP CE-OVHP ANTÎ©NINOC CE, head laureate right / TVXH TAPCOV MHT, city goddess, veiled and wearing crown of towers,seated left on rocks, leaning back on left hand and holding flower (?) downwards in right hand; at her feet, river god Kydnos swimming left, AM-K in field. Rare.

Late in Caracalla's reign, probably on the occasion of the emperor's actual visit to the city in 215 AD, Tarsus exceptionally produced a small issue of silver coins like this one, and also assumed the titles "First, largest, most beautiful", indicated by the letters AMK on the reverse of our didrachm.

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City/Mint name:	Tarsos
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Keywords:	roman / billon
References:	Prieur 790 = SNG Levante 1039 (same obverse die)
Valuation:	Gemini Auc. 4 (1/2008), lot 444 ($1,400 + comm)
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