
Caracalla and Plautilla.
Sold by Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
$400.00
Description
Caracalla and Plautilla; 198-217 AD, Laodiceia ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria, AE 32.5-33.5, 22.60g. E. Meyer, Bronzeprägung von Laodikeia, Jahrb. f. Num. u. Geldgesch. 37/38, 1987/1988, cat. 103, pl. 14 (dies V2/R5, 1 spec., in BM). Obv: [IMP CAES M...AVG...]P ET FVL ILAV[...] Jugate busts r. of Caracalla, radiate, draped and cuirassed, and Plautilla, draped and resting on crescent; countermarks CAΓ (ΑΓ ligate) on Caracalla's shoulder and COI before Plautilla's portrait (Howgego 581 and 586). Rx: sEPT S Λ[VDIC C]O[L]ON - E ΛΛE[TROP]LI Artemis standing r., kalathos on head, top of quiver seen over r. shoulder, r. hand on hip, l. hand holding bow, stag standing l. at her feet.. Fine