PISIDIA. Timbriada. Caracalla, 198-217. Diassarion (Bronze, 25 mm, 9.84 g, 5 h), 205-209. AΥ K M AΥ ANTΩNЄINOC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind; to right, countermark: TI within round incuse. Rev. TIMBPIAΔЄΩN Mên standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and scepter in his left; to left, forepart of a humped bull to left. RPC V.3 online 75130. SNG Paris 2225. Von Aulock, Pisidien II, 2152-8. For countermark, Howgego 564. Rare. Slightly rough, otherwise, very fine.



The Pisidian city of Timbriada struck coins only sporadically. Its first issue dates to the reign of Hadrian, followed by a Severan emission - to which our coin belongs - and a few rare final emissions under Severus Alexander, Maximinus I, and Valerian I. The Severan emission comprises coins of Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla as Augustus, and Geta as Caesar. The light beard on Caracalla’s portraits, together with the absence of Plautilla, suggests a date between 205 and 209.