Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 565. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $6400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamon. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ Medallion of 12 Assaria (47.97 gm). AVT KPAT K MA-PKOC AVP ANTWNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, cuirass ornamented with a gorgoneion / EPI CTR M KAIREL ATTALOU PERGAMHNWN PROTWN G NEWKORWN, three neocorate temples, the central one in elevation, with statue of Zeus Ateophoros, the two side tetrastyle temples in perspective. SNG France 5, 2229 (same dies); BMC Mysia pg. 156, 327 (reverse incorrectly described). EF, attractive dark brown patina with earthen overtones. An exceptional Pergamene medallion! ($5000) 

This medallion is one of a series issued to commemorate Caracalla's visit to the Temple of Asklepios in Pergamon in 214 AD. For further reading about Caracalla's visit, see K. Harl, Civic Coins and Civic Politics In the Roman East A.D. 180-275, pp. 55-58 (University of California Press, 1987).