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Æ24 - Caracalla COL AVG TROAD
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Caracalla facing right, depicted from the front, with a prominent gorgoneion ornament at the centre of the cuirass. The imperial effigy displays characteristic portraiture of the Severan period, with the abbreviated legend M AVREL ANTONI disposed around the bust in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length cult statue of Apollo Smintheus standing atop a short column and facing right, with a quiver positioned over the right shoulder; the deity holds a patera in the extended right hand and a bow in the left hand, which is raised over a lighted tripod set in the lower field. The colonial legend COL AVG TROAD is disposed around the type, referencing the Augustan colony of Alexandria Troas. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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