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Coin ID #6717

Sala (AD 211-217) AE 28 – Caracalla

Caracalla, 211-217 AD. AE28 (12.43g, 6h). Val. Moloxos, archon α´. AV K M AV ANTONЄINOC (sic), laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ЄΠI OVAΛ MO ΛOΞ OV APX A CAΛH NΩN •, Hygieia, holding serpent and phiale, standing right, and Asclepius, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, standing left; between, small figure of Telesphorus. Good VF, dark green and red-brown patina. Very rare.

On this coin the letter “o” in Caracalla’s official name, Antoninus, is a clearly engraved omicron, rather than the omega more regularly encountered. Under a lens, however, the additional line visible suggests that the celator may have attempted to correct his mistake; as it proceeds over the letter and partially into the field, this line, however, may be part of a serendipitous die break.

File information
Filename:81000785.jpg
City/Mint name:Sala
Keywords:roman / bronze
References:LS -; SNG Leypold -; SNG München -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; cf. Mionnet Supp. VII, 574
Valuation:CNG Auc. 81 (5/2004), lot 785 ($525 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
Filesize:95 KiB
Date added:Dec 14, 2009
Dimensions:800 x 379 pixels
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