PHRYGIA. Dionysopolis. Caracalla, 198-217. Hexassarion (Bronze, 36 mm, 19.93 g, 6 h), Chares, priest of Dionysos for the second time, 198. AYT KAI M AY ANTΩNЄINOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. XAPHC B IЄPЄYC ΔIONYCOY ΔIONYCOΠΟΛ/ЄITΩN - ANЄΘHKЄN Zeus standing front, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and scepter in his left. Von Aulock, Phrygien II, 143-146 (same dies). Very rare. Patina stripped and with some deposits, otherwise, nearly very fine.

The phrase ANЄΘHKЄN on the reverse shows that this issue was paid for by Chares at his own expense as a form of euergetism to his polis, which was named after the god he was priest of