CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Plautilla. AD 198-217. Æ (41mm, 32.86 g, 12h). Claudius Nikephoros, son of Dionysios, prytanis. Struck circa AD 202-203. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Caracalla vis-à-vis draped bust of Plautilla; c/ms: helmeted head of Roma within circular incuse, and ΘEOY within rectangular incuse / Hecate standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand and torch in left; at feet left, dog standing left, looking right. Triton XXVIII, lot 463; CNG E-306, lot 255, otherwise unpublished. For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Brown patina, porosity, flan adjustment marks, scratches. VF. Very rare.
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