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ROMAN COINS - Caracalla - AE MEDALLION PERGAMON TEMPLE

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ROMAN COINS - Caracalla - AE MEDALLION PERGAMON TEMPLE
AE 45 Medallion (51.86 g). Pergamon, Mysia. <SPAN STYLE=`FONT-SIZE:10.0PT;FONT-FAMILY:SYMBOL;COLOR:#333333`>AUT. KRAT. K. MA-UR ANTWNEINOS</SPAN>, laureate cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, with prominent gorgoneion / <span style=`font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333`>[EP]I </span>C<SPAN STYLE=`FONT-SIZE:10.0PT;FONT-FAMILY:SYMBOL;COLOR:#333333`>TR [M] - KAIREL /ATTALO/U / PER[GAMEI]WN / PRWTWN G NEW/KORWN</SPAN>, Caracalla in toga standing left, holding patera and roll, facing hexastyle temple with statue of Asklepios inside; small figure in front, humped bull to left. H. v. Fritze, Nomisma II, 1908, pl. III, 16; BMC -, cf 155, 324; Moushmov pl. XVII,4 var. (Perinthos); SNG v. Aulock -. A remarkable medallion with fine architectural type, extremely large, circular countermark on reverse.

VF, slight smoothing in field.