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A bronze coin of the emperor Caracalla from Alexandreia Troas with a reverse showing Caracalla on horseback and a statue of Apollo Smintheos. Coin Type: Copper AE24 of Caracalla, Caesar Dec 195 - 28 Jan 198 CE, Augustus 28 Jan 198 - 8 Apr 217 CE.
Mint and Date: Alexandreia in Troas, 198-217 CE
Size and Weight: 23mm x 24mm, 7.17g
Obverse: ANTONIN-VS PIVS AV
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: (COL) AVG (TRO) (possibly)
Caracalla on rearing horseback left, raising right hand; statue of Apollo Smintheos right, on a column, holding bow and patera, to left.
Provenance: ancientcollectablecoins-de (eBay), November 2011.
Ref: Bellinger A272; SNG München -; GCV -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 1472 var. (cuirassed bust only).
BW Ref: 073 054 169
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