116, Lot: 153. Estimate $1000. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamon. Caracalla. 198-217 AD. Æ Medallion - 42mm (44.26 g). Laureate and cuirassed bust right; c/m: wreath in incuse circle / Emperor on horseback right, turned to his left and raising his right hand to an approaching soldier; before the emperor, a statue of Asklepios on a short column. SNG France 2232 var. (same obverse die, different spacing of reverse legend)BMC Mysia pg. 154, 321; Mionnet II pg. 611, 631; Howgego 480 (for countermark). Fine, dark brown patina, large hole in center of obverse, perhaps from an ancient mount.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

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 Kenneth Harl's work, Civic Coins and Civic Politics In the Roman East A.D. 180-275, pp. 55-58 (University of California Press, 1987).