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Caracalla * Nemesis - Pessinus * Æ 29, 198-217 AD.
 
Caracalla * Nemesis – Pessinus, Galatia * Bronze Provincial

[b]Obv[/b]: Caracalla, Laureate, cuirassed (and draped?) bust, left facing. ANTONINOC AVΓOVCTOC
[b]Rev[/b]: Nemesis standing, left facing, holding measuring rod in right hand, bridle in left.  ΠΕCCI N OVNTIΩN

Exergue: N/A

Mint: Pessinus (Galatia).
Struck: 198-217 AD.

Size:      29.79 mm.
Weight:  14.6 gms. 
Die axis: 0°

Condition: As seen here, marginally nicer in hand and considerably more to the brown than the green side in the patina.
  All in all a very pleasant coin.

Refs: (?) ~ Not Found in the following *
Lindgren I, II or III
Sear
BMC (at least from the time when Wroth's volume on Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria was published).
SNG France 3
Coll Pozzi
SNG Pal
SNG Righetti
SNG Hunterian
ANS
Gorny & Mosch – nor in –
Wheaton College Col.
 
  Apparently an unknown issue.
 
Keywords: Caracalla Nemesis Pessinus Galatia 198-217AD Æ29

Caracalla * Nemesis - Pessinus * Æ 29, 198-217 AD.


Caracalla * Nemesis – Pessinus, Galatia * Bronze Provincial

Obv: Caracalla, Laureate, cuirassed (and draped?) bust, left facing. ANTONINOC AVΓOVCTOC
Rev: Nemesis standing, left facing, holding measuring rod in right hand, bridle in left. ΠΕCCI N OVNTIΩN

Exergue: N/A

Mint: Pessinus (Galatia).
Struck: 198-217 AD.

Size: 29.79 mm.
Weight: 14.6 gms.
Die axis: 0°

Condition: As seen here, marginally nicer in hand and considerably more to the brown than the green side in the patina.
All in all a very pleasant coin.

Refs: (?) ~ Not Found in the following *
Lindgren I, II or III
Sear
BMC (at least from the time when Wroth's volume on Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria was published).
SNG France 3
Coll Pozzi
SNG Pal
SNG Righetti
SNG Hunterian
ANS
Gorny & Mosch – nor in –
Wheaton College Col.

Apparently an unknown issue.

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Keywords:Caracalla / Nemesis / Pessinus / Galatia / 198-217AD / Æ29
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Maxentius   [Jun 05, 2006 at 08:39 AM]
Nice portrait
Potator II   [Jun 06, 2006 at 05:20 AM]
It's the first time I see Caracalla looking wise. Very pleasant coin

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