441, Lot: 358. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Didrachm (23mm, 4.86 g, 12h). Struck circa AD 215-217. Laureate head right / Athena enthroned left, casting pebble into urn set on low cippus. Prieur 786; SNG Levante 1037; SNG BN 1500. VF, toned, some roughness, reverse flan flaw. Extremely rare, only three known to Prieur, and four, including this coin, on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 69, 8 June 2005), lot 1152; Classical Numismatic Group XXXIII (15 March 1995), lot 1277.

The reverse legend and type records Caracalla’s granting of autonomy to the provincial assembly during his visit to the city in AD 215.