The Imperial Couple as Helios & Selene

296, Lot: 176. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Caracalla, with Plautilla. AD 198-217. Æ (32mm, 24.08 g, 1h). Struck AD 202-205. Conjoined, draped busts of Caracalla, radiate, and Plautilla, set on crescent, as Helios and Selene; c/m: CAΓ within rectangular incuse / Eagle standing left, head right, in domed distyle temple. Meyer – (V1/R–); BMC 95; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; for c/m: Howgego 581. Fine, dark brown patina with some spots of red, light adjustment marks.