Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Caracalla Æ Cast Paduan Medallion of Pergamon, Mysia. Unknown maker, circa 19th century. Julius Anthimus, strategos. AVT KPAT KNAPKOCAV ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI CTP IOVΛ ANθIM[OV ΠЄP]ΓAMHNΩN, helmeted figure of the emperor standing left, with foot on helmet and holding spear and scroll; behind, Zeus enthroned left, holding spear and Victory, who crowns emperor with wreath; ΠPΩTΩN TPIC NЄΩKOPΩN in three lines in exergue. For ancient prototypes from the mint of Pergamon, cf. SNG France 2223-2251 and for this rev. type, CNG e389, 446 = Nomos 5, 246. 19.19g, 44mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
From a private UK collection.
Curiously, the creator of this Paduan medallion chose to imitate a reverse type unpublished in the standard references and of which only one recorded example is known to this cataloguer, that sold by Nomos in 2011 (see references).
Condition as seen.
From a private UK collection.
Curiously, the creator of this Paduan medallion chose to imitate a reverse type unpublished in the standard references and of which only one recorded example is known to this cataloguer, that sold by Nomos in 2011 (see references).