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Triton XVI, Lot: 700. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Silandus. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (45mm, 41.52 g, 6h). Helenos, the son of Apollonides, first archon for the second time. • AV • KAI • M • AV ANTΩNЄIN OC •, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ЄΠI ЄΛЄNOV A ΠOΛΛONIΔOV AP A T B around, CIΛANΔЄ/ΩN in two lines in exergue, Caracalla, laureate and togate, standing right, holding volumen in left hand and clasping right hands with Geta standing left, bareheaded and togate. Cf. Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 20, 209 (Julia Domna; same rev. die); otherwise unpublished. Good VF, black-green with hard earthen overtones, hard green deposits on lower portion of bust, a few minor scratches on reverse. Apparently unique for this ruler from this city.