★ A very rare game-related medallion of Caracalla from Philippopolis ★

THRACE. Philippopolis. Caracalla, 198-217. Medallion (Bronze, 41 mm, 41.91 g, 6 h), 214. AYT K M AYP CEYH ANTΩNEINOC Laureate bust of Caracalla to left, seen from behind and wearing aegis. Rev. KOINON ΘPAKΩN AΛE-ZANΔΡIA EN ΦIΛI/ ΠΠ OΠO / ΠY-ΘIA Nude athlete standing front, head to left, holding apples in his right hand and a discus in his left; to left, javelin (?). BMC 36. A. Milavic: Coins of the Greek Pentathlon, in: Celator 20, 7 (2006), p. 14, fig. 6 ( this coin ). Varbanov 1432. Very rare. A bold game-related medallion with a lovely green patina. Very fine.

From an important Californian collection and the A. Milavic Collection, ex Lanz 123, 30 May 2005, 674.