Caracalla & Plautilla as Helios & Selene

351, Lot: 583. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Laodicea ad Mare. Caracalla, with Plautilla. AD 198-217. Æ (30mm, 22.05 g, 12h). Struck AD 202-205. Conjoined, draped busts of Caracalla, radiate, and Plautilla, set on crescent, right; c/m: C(AΓ) within rectangular incuse / Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; stag at side. Cf. Myers 102 (V2/R– [unlisted rev. die]). Fine, red-brown patina.