THRACE, Philippopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (40mm, 35.65 g, 12h). Thracian Alexandrian and Pythian Games issue. Struck AD 215. Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 73. Estimated: $ 300

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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THRACE, Philippopolis. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Medallion (40mm, 35.65 g, 12h). Thracian Alexandrian and Pythian Games issue. Struck AD 215. Laureate, heroic bust left, wearing aegis, seen from behind / Caracalla on horseback right, wearing military dress, chlamys flowing behind, about to spear fallen enemy kneeling right below. Varbanov, Philippopolis XV.6.5.2.4 (this coin cited and illustrated); Peter, Koinon 2 (V1/R2); Mouchmov, Philippopolis 364; Varbanov 1421. Dark brown surfaces, smoothed and tooled. Good VF.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection. Ex Nomos Obolos 4 (February 2016), lot 681.


Closing Date and Time: 22 July 2026 at 10:24:00 ET.



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