Caracalla AD 198-217
AE 31, 15.27g
obv. AVT KM [AVR CEV] - ANTWNEINOC
Bust, laureate, l., with ornated aegis on l. shoulder and sword-belt
rev. OVLPIAC - CERDIKHC
Apollo Iatros, nude, stg. facing, resting with r. hand on snake-entwined staff, 
holding l. hand on hip; r. beside him infant Asklepios stg. frontal, raising r. 
hand, and looking up to him.
Ruzicka - (cp. 170-172); Varbanov -; unpublished, probably unique
VF, green-brown patina, slightly smoothing in fields
Pedigree:
ex Numismatik Lanz auction 120, May 2004, lot 419

Very rare bust variant! 


Contributed by Hans-Joachim Hoeft, December, 2006.