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ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Thracia, Serdika, Caracalla, Hristova/Jekov 12.18.7.17 (plate coin)
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Caracalla, AD 198-217
AE 30, 15.27g, 30.12mm, 0°
obv. AVT KM [AVR CEV] - ANTWNEINOC
Bust, laureate, l., with ornated aegis on l. shoulder and sword-belt
rev. OVLPIAC - CERDIKHC
Apollo Iatros, nude, stg. facing, resting with r. hand on snake-entwined staff,
holding l. hand on hip; r. beside him infant Asklepios stg. frontal, raising r.
hand, and looking up to him.
ref. not in Ruzicka: rev. #173, obv. -; Ruzicka online 169-177 var., p.79 (this coin); Hristova/Jekov No. 12.18.7.17 (this coin!); not in
Varbanov (engl.)
VF, green-brown patina, slightly smoothing in fields
Pedigree:
ex Numismatik Lanz auction 120, May 2004, lot 419
added to www.wildwinds.com
Very rare bust variant! Thanks to Akropolis!
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