CARIA, Stratonicaea. Caracalla, with Plautilla. AD 198-217. Æ (38.5mm, 24.59 g, 12h). Claudius Nikephoros, son of Dionysios, prytanis. Struck circa AD 202-203. ANTΩ NINOC NЄA Θ HP ΠΛAYTIΛΛA [AYΓO]Y, 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 / ЄΠI KΛ NЄIKHΦOPOY ΔIONYCIOY CTPATONIKЄΩN, Hecate standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding patera in right hand and torch in left; at feet left, dog standing left, looking right. CNG E-563, lot 461; CNG E-306, lot 255, otherwise unpublished. For c/ms: Howgego 188; 536. Red-brown surfaces, light porosity, flan adjustment marks. Near EF. Very rare, one of the finest known.
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