CILICIA. Isaura. Caracalla, 198-217. Diassarion (Bronze, 25 mm, 9.11 g, 6 h), 205-209. AY K M AY ANTΩNЄINOC Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, breastplate decorated with gorgoneion.
Rev. MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC ICAYPΩN Lycaon, laureate and on the left, standing right in military attire, holding long scepter in his left hand and receiving a tablet from Apollo, on the right, standing left, nude, holding laurel branch in his left hand; between them, wolf recumbent to left, head to right, holding human hand in his mouth; in exergue, altar. SNG Levante 262 (
same dies). SNG Paris 494-495 var. (differing reverse legend arrangement and wolf reclining right). SNG von Aulock 5410-5411 var. (differing reverse legend arrangement and wolf reclining right). Rare and very attractive. Minor roughness
, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.
From a European collection, acquired before 2021.
For a longer note on the reinterpretation of this reverse, see
Leu 11, 14 May 2022, 202.
