Watch List notes:

JUDAEA, Caesarea Maritima. Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.40 g, 6h). Struck AD 215-217. AVT KAI ANT-ωNINOC CЄ, laureate head right, supported by eagle standing right; to lower right, serpent-entwined torch / · ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing on serpent-entwined torch, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak. Prieur 1665 var.; Sofaer 59 var.; Bellinger –; Sofaer 59 var. VF, porosity, copper deposits on reverse. A seemingly unpublished variety.


The above cited coins differ in several aspects: Ω for ω in obverse legend; no thyrsus on obverse; and bull's head to right between eagle's legs on reverse.