Decree of the Senate (Senatus Consulto) Renewing the Neocorate

CNG 97, Lot: 477. Estimate $300. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ (30mm, 11.97 g, 6h). Struck mid-August AD 215-mid-August AD 216. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ΛAOΔIKЄΩN NЄΩKOPΩN ΔOΓΜΑΤΙ CYNΚ, ΛHT above temples, OY below, two distyle temples, set on high podiums and seen in perspective, vis-à-vis. SNG München –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; cf. BMC 242 = Burrell coin type 12a (Elagabalus). Good VF, earthen black-green patina. Apparently unique.

The Greek dogmati synkletou is a translation of the Latin senatus consulto, which itself indicates a decree of the Roman Senate. In this instance, it refers to the renewal of Laodicea’s neocorate status, which occurred during Caracalla’s visit there while making his way east to fight the Parthians.