MOESIA INFERIOR. Marcianopolis. Caracalla, with Julia Domna, 198-217. Pentassarion (Bronze, 27 mm, 14.35 g, 1 h), struck under the consular legate, Quintillianus, 215. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC ΑΥΓΟΥCΤΟC ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ Laureate head of Caracalla to right, facing draped bust of Julia Domna to left. Rev. ΥΠ ΚΥΙΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Dionysos, holding filleted thyrsos in his right hand, seated on the back of a panther walking to right; Є (denomination) in the left field. H&J 6.19.8.1. Varbanov 1021. Dark olive-green patina. Very fine.
From the Vineyard Collection, ex Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, 769.