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Coin ID #10146

Amorion (AD 198-217) AE 37 - Caracalla

Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AE37 (21.01g, 6h). Struck 215-217 AD. AVT • K • M • AVP • CЄOV (HP) ANTΩNINOC AV, laureate and cuirassed bust right / AMOPIANΩN, Hercules standing left with right foot on rock outcropping, holding club in right hand poised to strike the Lernaean Hydra, part of which is wrapped around his right leg. VF, olive and dark brown patina, hairline flan crack. Extremely rare. Ex Marcel Burstein Coll.; Giessener Münzhandlung 64 (10/1993), lot 563.

File information
Filename:92000702.jpg
City/Mint name:Amorion
Keywords:roman / bronze
References:Voegtli type 2 (unlisted for this city); Stoll 19 (this coin); otherwise unpublished
Valuation:CNG Triton XVI (1/2013), lot 702 ($4,000 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
Filesize:80 KiB
Date added:Feb 08, 2013
Dimensions:800 x 351 pixels
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