CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Plautilla. AD 198-217. Æ (39mm, 25.05 g, 6h). Claudius Nikephoros, son of Dionysios, prytanis. Struck circa AD 202-203. Good Fine.

Electronic Auction 563
Lot: 461.
Closing Date: Jun 5 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 200

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CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Plautilla. AD 198-217. Æ (39mm, 25.05 g, 6h). Claudius Nikephoros, son of Dionysios, prytanis. Struck circa AD 202-203. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla vis-à-vis draped bust of Plautilla; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / Hekate standing left, holding patera and torch; to left, hound standing left, head right. CNG E-306, lot 255, otherwise unpublished. For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Brown patina, porosity, peripheral roughness on the reverse. Good Fine. Very rare.

A die link to the Berlin specimen confirms the magistrate, which has a nearly complete reverse legend.

Closing Date and Time: 5 June 2024 at 12:33:20 ET.

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