Caracalla as Demiourgos
256, Lot: 249. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (33mm, 20.55 g, 12h). Mantled bust left, wearing demiourgic crown / Galley under sail with foar oarsmen right,
guberntor at stern; mainsail to right. SNG France 1531; SNG Levante 1066. Fine, rough, dark brown patina.
From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.
An interesting issue showing Caracalla dressed in his role as demiourgos (magistrate) of Tarsus.