Watch List notes:

CILICIA, Tarsus. Caracalla, Tetrassarion (Bronze, 35mm, 21.97 g 11), 215. AVT KAI M AVP ANTWNЄINOC CЄB / Π - Π Bust of Caracalla to right, wearing crown and garment of the demiurgos. Rev. ANTΩNIANHC CЄVHP AΔPI A M K TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC Cilicarch crown decorated with seven imperial heads; between heads, A M K Γ B E N; within crown, KOINOC KIΛIKIAC. SNG Levante suppl. 268. SNG von Aulock 6018. Nearly very fine.


An interesting coin, issued on the occasion of Caracalla's visit to the city in 215 AD. The emperor is portrayed in the traditional garment of the demiurgos, a city magistrate, while the reverse commemorates the convention of the Cilician Koinon in its capital Tarsus.