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Caracalla Æ Medallion of Pergamum, Mysia. M. Caerelius Attalus, magistrate, AD 198-217. AVTO KPAT K MAPKOC AVP ANTΩNEINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, cuirass decorated with aegis; c/m: wreath / EPI CTPA M KAIPEΛ ATTAΛOV ΠEPΓAMHNΩN ΠPO TΩN Γ NEOKOPΩN, Caracalla standing left, holding sceptre in left hand, raising right hand toward serpent coiled around tree; a small figure of Telesphorus on column base between. SNG France -; cf. BMC Mysia pg. 156, 326 (legends); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Howgego 480 for countermark. 51.93g, 45mm, 6h.
Fine. Glossy Patina. Scarce.
Calling at Pergamum during the march east which resulted in the Parthian War of AD 214-215, Caracalla took the opportunity to visit the shrine of the healing god Asclepius in the hopes of some respite from the ailments that plagued him. Marking the occasion, this reverse type depicts the emperor presenting himself to a serpent representative of the god, and his son Telesphorus.
Fine. Glossy Patina. Scarce.
Calling at Pergamum during the march east which resulted in the Parthian War of AD 214-215, Caracalla took the opportunity to visit the shrine of the healing god Asclepius in the hopes of some respite from the ailments that plagued him. Marking the occasion, this reverse type depicts the emperor presenting himself to a serpent representative of the god, and his son Telesphorus.