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Lot 56. Caracalla AE37, Pythian games reverse, Philippopolis

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Caracalla AE37, Pythian games reverse, Philippopolis

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Bidding closed (Sunday, September 16th, 19:28:00 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 00:37:08 CET

Price realised: CHF 205.00 (6 bids)
Approx. EUR 220.21 / USD 229.41 / GBP 183.11

High bidder: Bidder 2

eAuction #8, Lot 56. Estimate: CHF 200.00

Caracalla (197-217 AD). AE37 (28.65 g), Philippopolis, Thrace, 214 AD.
Obv. AYT K M AYP CEYH ANTΩNEINOC, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev. KOINON ΘPAKΩN AΛEΞAN / EN ΦIΛIΠ/ΠOΠO, price-crown on table.
BMC 37; Varbanov 1273.

Rare. About very fine.

Struck on the occasion of the emperor's visit to the city in 214 AD. The Pythian games held at the time were renamed Alexandrian-Pythian games in honor of Caracalla, whose imitatio Alexandri was well known.



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