Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Caracalla Æ 32mm of Philadelphia, Lydia. AD 198-217. Julianos Apol, strategos. AVT K M AVP ANTΩNЄINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ЄΠI CTPA IOVΛIANOV AΠOΛ ΦIΛΑΔЄΛΦЄΩN, coiled Serpent of Asklepios, with head raised to left and tongue protruding, atop bridled horse pacing to left. BMC 85; GRPC Lydia 338 (same dies). 16.05g, 32mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare, only two examples on CoinArchives.
From a private Scandinavian collection.
In BMC, Barclay Head notes that "this type clearly refers to the Games called Ασκληπιεία", positing that it is "a fanciful device to show that the coin was issued for a celebration of the Asklepian Games, where a horse-race was one of the principal events."
Very Fine. Extremely Rare, only two examples on CoinArchives.
From a private Scandinavian collection.
In BMC, Barclay Head notes that "this type clearly refers to the Games called Ασκληπιεία", positing that it is "a fanciful device to show that the coin was issued for a celebration of the Asklepian Games, where a horse-race was one of the principal events."