Amorion (AD 198-217) AE 37 - Caracalla

Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AE37 (21.01g, 6h). Struck 215-217 AD. AVT â€¢ K â€¢ M â€¢ AVP â€¢ CÐ„OV (HP) ANTÎ©NINOC AV, laureate and cuirassed bust right / AMOPIANÎ©N, Hercules standing left with right foot on rock outcropping, holding club in right hand poised to strike the Lernaean Hydra, part of which is wrapped around his right leg. VF, olive and dark brown patina, hairline flan crack. Extremely rare. Ex Marcel Burstein Coll.; Giessener MÃ¼nzhandlung 64 (10/1993), lot 563.

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Filename:	92000702.jpg
City/Mint name:	Amorion
Keywords:	roman / bronze
References:	Voegtli type 2 (unlisted for this city); Stoll 19 (this coin); otherwise unpublished
Valuation:	CNG Triton XVI (1/2013), lot 702 ($4,000 + comm)
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Date added:	Feb 08, 2013
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