THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Triassarion (30mm, 15.45 g, 12h). Laureate and draped bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion / River-god Strymon reclining left, holding patera and reed, resting elbow on urn from which water flows. Tachev Pautalia 269 (O74/R240); Ruzicka –; Varbanov 5180. Green patina, minor deposits and roughness. Near VF. Very rare.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.