207, Lot: 298. Estimate $500. Sold for $535. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pergamum. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (41mm, 42.54 g, 12h). Struck AD 214. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder; c/m: uncertain / HΠP[Ω]TH THC A/CIAC KAI MHTPO/ΠOΛIC ΠP[ΩTH K]AI/ TPIC NЄ[OK]OPOC/ ΠPΩTH TΩN CЄ/BACTΩ[N ΠЄP]ΓAMΩ[N] ΠOΛI[C] in eight lines within wreath; ЄΠ[I CTP IOVΛ ANΘIMOV?] above. SNG Paris -; SNG Copenhagen -; cf. BMC 318. Good Fine, tan surfaces, two flan cracks.

Ex Dr. R. Drewry Collection (Glendining, 7 April, 1971, lot 342).

This medallion was struck in commemoration of Caracalla’s visit to Pergamum in AD 214 on his way to campaign against the Parthians. Such an imperial visit would have been a tremendous honor, and the reverse legend boasts of the city’s high status.