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ROMAN EMPIRE: Caracalla, 198-217 AD, AV aureus (6.69g), S-6702, ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, diademed beardless bust of the Emperor / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH, the goddess Dea Caelestis, riding right on lion, holding spear and thunderbolt, with a scene below of water gushing forth from a rock, couple faint scratches in field, pleasing strike as usual, VF, RR. Dea Caelestis was the Roman name for Tanit, the patron goddess of Carthage in North Africa. According to Roman tradition, the Cynic philosopher Asclepiades traditionally carried a figurine of Dea Caelestis wherever he went, but he lived in the late 4th century, nearly 200 years after the issue of this coin, which verifies that Dea Caelestis had already been worshiped at Carthage for centuries. It is believed that this remarkable reverse was intended to commemorate a new aqueduct or other water supply system constructed at or near Carthage.

Estimate: 3,200- 3,800 USD