THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 12.89 g, 7h). Gaius Caecina Largus, hegemon. Struck circa AD 198-201. Near VF.Electronic Auction 575 Roman Provincial, Bronze Estimate: $ 100 |
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THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 12.89 g, 7h). Gaius Caecina Largus, hegemon. Struck circa AD 198-201. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / City view: acropolis surmounted by tetrastyle temple; in foreground, tetrastyle temple with statue of Asclepius standing within; smaller tetrastyle temple to left; cave entrance to left, statuary group of Three Graces to lower right. Tachev Pautalia 23 (O2/R19); Ruzicka pl. IX, 17 (Sept. Sev); Varbanov 5256-7 var. (bust, legends). Dark green patina, areas of weak strike. Near VF. Extremely rare, only two known to Tachev. |