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211, Lot: 303. Estimate $300.
Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Perinthus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (39mm, 41.55 g, 1h). Struck circa AD 215/6. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, gorgoneion on breastplate, holding spear over shoulder / Emperor standing right, holding spear, receiving apples from Herakles standing left, holding club; altar between. Schönert-Geiss, Perinthos 609; Mouchmov 4547; Varbanov 3903. Fine, brown patina, flan crack, areas of roughness.


Perinthus apparently put on a grand display for Caracalla as the emperor made his way eastward to confront the Persians. The city staged a dual festival, hosting both Actian and Pythian Games for the visitors, and in recognition of the honor Caracalla bestowed upon the city the neocorate. Medallions were struck to celebrate the emperor’s visit, of which many share the same obverse die.