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A bronze coin of the emperor Caracalla from Serdica with a reverse showing Apollo Iatros. Coin Type: Bronze AE31 of Caracalla, Caesar Dec 195 - 28 Jan 198 CE, Augustus 28 Jan 198 - 8 Apr 217 CE.
Mint and Date: Serdica in Thrace, 198-217 CE
Size and Weight: 30mm x 31mm, 18.21g
Obverse: AVT K M AVP CEV ANTΩNEINOC
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front.
Reverse: OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC
Apollo Iatros, nude, standing half left, face front, left hand on hip, right knee bent, right hand holding a staff up which a serpent is twined.
Provenance: uterefelix (eBay), January 2010.
Ref: Hr/J 12.18.7.20 (double die match)
BW Ref: 061 047 154
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