MYSIA, Pergamum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (42mm, 38.95 g, 12h). Marcus Caerellius Attalus, strategos. Struck AD 211-217. Near VF.Triton XXVII Roman Provincial, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video Sold For $ 2 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Pergamum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (42mm, 38.95 g, 12h). Marcus Caerellius Attalus, strategos. Struck AD 211-217. AYTKPA K MAPKOC AYP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front, breastplate decorated with a gorgnoeion / ЄΠI CTP M KAIPЄΛ ATT/AΛOY ΠЄPΓAMHNΩN ΠPΩTΩN Γ NЄΩKOPΩN, Asclepius standing facing, leaning on serpent-entwined staff to left, gathering himation with right; to right, Caracalla, togate, standing left, sacrificing from patera with his right hand over lighted altar between them, he holds a scroll with his left hand. Weisser 1750; MPR II, 1546. Brown patina, scattered porosity. Near VF. Extremely rare, the second and finest known. |