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Offline Krasimir B

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PROVINCIAL CARACALLA IDENTIFICATION HELP!!!
« on: February 18, 2020, 05:40:57 am »
Hello Folks!!!
Please, I need identification of this Provincial AE 26 of Caracalla.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
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Re: PROVINCIAL CARACALLA IDENTIFICATION HELP!!!
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2020, 05:53:54 am »

This reverse is listed for Geta:

PRO:   PAPHLAGONIA
PO :   AMASTRIS
PZ :   Between 209 and 212
Obverse
VSG:   AYT K P SEP GETAS AYG T
VT :   PORTRAIT MAN R / GETA
VA :   WREATH LAUREL / CLOTHES
Reverse
RSG:   AMASTRIANWN APIS
RT :   ANIMAL STANDING R / BULL
Technical details
M  :   AE
GR :   29(1)
Bibliographical references
ZIT:   WADD RG S179A,155(1) / COLL IMHOOF(1)

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Re: PROVINCIAL CARACALLA IDENTIFICATION HELP!!!
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2020, 05:55:30 am »
The obverse of the coin would be useful and you don't need to shout (capital letters and three excalamation marks  ;) )

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Re: PROVINCIAL CARACALLA IDENTIFICATION HELP!!!
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2020, 05:59:46 am »
Sorry, it is my fault, I will attach the obverse too.
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Re: PROVINCIAL CARACALLA IDENTIFICATION HELP!!!
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2020, 06:22:58 am »
The coin referred to by Pekka is this one: https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18214200

In Recueil Général it is here number 166: https://archive.org/details/recueilgnraldes02babegoog/page/n167/mode/2up
on plate XXI as number 13: https://archive.org/details/recueilgnraldes03babegoog/page/n265/mode/2up

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Re: PROVINCIAL CARACALLA IDENTIFICATION HELP!!!
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2020, 07:02:55 am »
The obverse legend of the coin here does not match with the Geta from Berlin.
So it is possibly a new variant, but with ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ there are several possibilities for the ruler  :-\.

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Re: PROVINCIAL CARACALLA IDENTIFICATION HELP!!!
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2020, 08:13:19 am »
According to the ISEGRIM entries for Amastris "ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ " was only used for Caracalla. But this reverse is not listed.

Although not a die match this Caracalla obverse is quite  similar.

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3581132


Therefore I think the attribution to Caracalla by the OP was correct.

 

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