Kotiaeion (AD 198-217) AE 33 - Caracalla

Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AE33 (17.45g, 2h). M. Aurelius Menel[aus, the younger?], archon for the second time. ANTÎ©NINOC AVÎ“OVCTOC, laureate head right / EÎ I M AVPHÎ› MENEÎ› B APX B/KOT-I-A/EÎ©-N, Hercules standing facing, head left, holding seated figure of Cybele and resting hand upon club; drum to right. VF, brown patina with traces of green. Extremely rare. Spradling Coll.; ex Cooper Coll.; CNG Elec. Auc. 73 (9/2003), lot 74.

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City/Mint name:	Kotiaeion
Keywords:	roman / bronze
References:	??? Apparently unpublished, though cf. Milne, Notes p. 217, 3 (for the same obv. type and magistrate, and a rev. type featuring Hercules wrestling the Ceryneian Hind)
Valuation:	CNG Elec. Auc. 351 (5/2015), lot 524 ($425 + comm)
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