THRACE, Augusta Traiana. Caracalla. AD 198-217. Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 15.72 g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / River-god Hebrus reclining left, head right, holding branch and resting elbow upon overturned urn from which water flows; above, hill surmounted by city gate with three towers. Schönert-Geiss, Augusta Traiana 295 (V100/R254); Varbanov 1188. Red-brown surfaces, light roughness. Near VF. Rare.
CNG Auction 538, Lot 358, 1059 pc, 2023
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection.
