Watch List notes:

CILICIA. Isaura. Caracalla, 198-217. Diassarion (Bronze, 25 mm, 9.56 g, 6 h), 205-209. AY K M AY ANTΩNINO[C] Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, breastplate decorated with gorgoneion. Rev. MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC ICAYP/ΩN Caracalla, laureate and on the left, standing right in military attire, holding long scepter in his left hand and receiving a tablet from Apollo, on the right, standing left, nude, holding laurel branch in his left hand; between them, an animal reclining right, head to left, holding branch (?) in mouth; in exergue, altar. SNG Paris 494 (same obverse die). SNG von Aulock 5410-1 var. (differing arrangement of reverse legend). Light scratches on the obverse and with minor roughness on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Münzen & Medaillen AG 41, 18-19 June 1970, 544.