★ A very rare tetrassarion of Caracalla from Heracleopolis ★

PONTUS. Heracleopolis (as Sebastopolis). Caracalla, Caesar, 196-198. Tetrassarion (Orichalcum, 27 mm, 11.48 g, 6 h), CY 208 = 205/6. AY KAI M AYPΗΛΙ [...] Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. [CЄBACT] - ΗΡΑΚΛЄΟ / ЄΤ ΗC Statue of Herakles, holding club in his right hand and lion skin in his left, within arcade between two tetrastyle temples. RG 14. SNG von Aulock -. Very rare. The reverse struck somewhat off center, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Jean-Pierre Righetti, inv. no. 51 (with collector's ticket), privately purchased on 19 August 1995.