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Moesia Inferior, Callatis. ; Moesia Inferior, Callatis; Callatis, Moesia Inferior, 2nd-3rd cent. AD, AE 21.5, 2 Assaria, 5.29g. AMNG-294, SNG Münich-247 (same dies). Obv: KTI - CTHC Laureate, bearded head of Hercules r. Rx: KAΛΛA - TIANΩN Cybele seated l. on throne, holding patera with r. hand and resting l. elbow on drum, possibly also holding transverse scepter under l. arm. Callatis regarded itself as a colony of Heraclea, as confirmed by coins of imperial times like ours naming Heracles as their founder; see Pick, AMNG, p. 84. Possibly only the second recorded specimen of this exact variety, the other, from the same dies, being in Munich.Unusual portrait of Hercules. EF / VF
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