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Unique, Historic Caracalla Philadelphian Games AE 32 From Bithynia, Nicaea!

$ 145.19

Availability: 94 in stock
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  • Certification Number: uncertified

    Description

    Unique, Historic Caracalla Philadelphian Bithynia, Nicaea, Caracalla 198-217 AD, AE 32, 23.22 g, struck 198 AD.
    Laureate, curiassed bust rt, c/m: Nike standing rt, holding wreath / Caracalla and Geta in quadriga rt, SEOVHREIA PHILDELPEIA,
    NIKAIEWN in ex. ( possibly, nike flying and crowning, or prize urns in the space above the horses, not entirely discernible and obviously no other specimen to compare with)
    Unique and unrecorded, but obverse cf: Triton XVI, 694.
    Apparently, Nicaea sponsored games to celebrate the joint elevation of Caracalla to Augustus and Geta to Caesar in AD 198.
    A rare and short-lived appearance of unity between the brothers depicted in this coin.
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