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| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 192 | Auction date: 9 October 2014 |
| Lot number: 327 | |
| Lot description: Caracalla as Caesar; 195-198 AD, Antiochia, Pisidia, AE 17-19, 2.94g. Obv: M AVRELI - O ANTONI Draped bust left, head bare. Rx: ANTIOCH - A - E Eagle with raised wings standing l., head r. Apparently an unpublished issue at this importsnt mint: Krzyzanowska knew no coins of Caracalla as Caesar at Antioch in Pisidia, nor are there any such in CoinArchives Pro, CNG Research, or Berk photofile. The attribution to Caracalla not Marcus Aurelius as Caesar seems fairly certain, because of the merely wavy hair locks and the obverse legend: the known coins of Marcus Caesar at Antioch, Krzyzanowska pp. 139-140 and pl. IV, show the usual round hair locks on his head and have a quite different obverse legend, CAESAR AVRELIVS.An unpublished issue of Caracalla from the Pisidia mint in Antioch. This piece has a wonderful high relief and full legends. The portrait of Caracalla is stylistically amusing showing a face with somewhat pursed lips. Nonetheless the unusual style and rarity of this piece makes it extremely interesting. EF |  |
