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Caracalla * Dionysus - Hadrianopolis, Æ23 - 198-217 AD.
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Caracalla * Dionysus - Hadrianopolis, Thrace * Provincial bronze.
2 or 3 assaria.
Obv: Laureate, right facing, seen from behind. AVT K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC
Rev: Dionysus standing left holding bunch of grapes in outstretched right, & thyrsus which he grasps near the top in his upraised left. AΔRIANOΠO | ΛEITΩN
Exergue: None
Mint: Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Struck: 211-217 AD.
Size: 23.56 mm.
Weight: 7.12 grm.
Die axis: 0°
Condition: Quite much as shown in image but cleaner and less rough viewed in hand. Quite lovely patina considerably darker than shown here and towards a deep olive-green.
Refs:*
Jurukova, no. 373, pl. XXXV
One of three known specimens.
Two in Bulgaria, Sofia & Sliven respectively.
(Much thanks to Curtis Clay for this reference, & to Whitetd49 for his numerous kind clarifications).
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![Caracalla * Dionysus - Hadrianopolis, Æ23 - 198-217 AD.
Caracalla * Dionysus - Hadrianopolis, Thrace * Provincial bronze.
2 or 3 assaria.
[b]Obv[/b]: Laureate, right facing, seen from behind. AVT K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC
[b]Rev[/b]: Dionysus standing left holding bunch of grapes in outstretched right, & thyrsus which he grasps near the top in his upraised left. AΔRIANOΠO | ΛEITΩN
Exergue: None
Mint: Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Struck: 211-217 AD.
Size: 23.56 mm.
Weight: 7.12 grm.
Die axis: 0°
Condition: Quite much as shown in image but cleaner and less rough viewed in hand. Quite lovely patina considerably darker than shown here and towards a deep olive-green.
Refs:*
Jurukova, no. 373, pl. XXXV
One of three known specimens.
Two in Bulgaria, Sofia & Sliven respectively.
(Much thanks to Curtis Clay for this reference, & to Whitetd49 for his numerous kind clarifications).
Keywords: Caracalla Dionysus Hadrianopolis Thrace Grapes Thyrsus 198-218AD](albums/userpics/12024/Caracalla_Dionysus_1a.jpg "Caracalla * Dionysus - Hadrianopolis, Æ23 - 198-217 AD.
Caracalla * Dionysus - Hadrianopolis, Thrace * Provincial bronze.
2 or 3 assaria.
[b]Obv[/b]: Laureate, right facing, seen from behind. AVT K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC
[b]Rev[/b]: Dionysus standing left holding bunch of grapes in outstretched right, & thyrsus which he grasps near the top in his upraised left. AΔRIANOΠO | ΛEITΩN
Exergue: None
Mint: Hadrianopolis, Thrace
Struck: 211-217 AD.
Size: 23.56 mm.
Weight: 7.12 grm.
Die axis: 0°
Condition: Quite much as shown in image but cleaner and less rough viewed in hand. Quite lovely patina considerably darker than shown here and towards a deep olive-green.
Refs:*
Jurukova, no. 373, pl. XXXV
One of three known specimens.
Two in Bulgaria, Sofia & Sliven respectively.
(Much thanks to Curtis Clay for this reference, & to Whitetd49 for his numerous kind clarifications).
Keywords: Caracalla Dionysus Hadrianopolis Thrace Grapes Thyrsus 198-218AD")
