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Tetradrachm - Caracalla Laodicea ad Mare, 4th Consulate
| Issuer | Laodicea ad Mare |
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| Year | 213-217 |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Μ Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟС СΕΒ (Translation: `Autokrator Kaisar Markos Aurelios Antoninos Sebastos` (Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus)) |
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| Mintage | ND (213-217) |
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Laodicea ad Mare — modern Latakia on the Syrian coast — was one of the few eastern mints authorized to strike tetradrachms for Caracalla, and this issue corresponds to his fourth consulship, held from 213 until his murder at Carrhae in 217. The city had long enjoyed favored status under the Severan dynasty; Septimius Severus granted it the rank of metropolis, and the mint repaid that patronage with a sustained and well-documented coinage series.
Prieur 1179 is among the better-attested varieties in the Laodicean sequence, distinguished by its consular dating formula — a precision unusual enough in provincial silver to make die-linkage studies tractable.