Mesembria   Thracia   Caracalla
Μεσημβρία   Θράκη   Καρακάλλα

AE 27

SHH 5702

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11.53 g   26.2-27.6 mm   7:00 o'clock   VF   blind countersink + / + Draped and cuirassed bust of laureate Caracalla right, AV K M AVP / ANTΩNINOC clockwise around; border of dots. Dionysus seated left on throne, holding filleted thyrsus and sacrificing from cantharus on knee; MEC / AMB / PIANΩN clockwise around; border of dots. ? Copenhagen II  ---; Karayotov 23 variant; Moushmov 3933 variant; Varbanov 4158 variant Ex CNG 344E/262, 11.2.2015; ex Dr. George Spradling Collection.