Bronze medallion of Caracalla, Perinthus in Thrace, 215-16 A.D.
ΑVT K M AVP CЄOVHP ANTΩNINOC AVΓ; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla r.
ΠЄPINΘΙΩΝ NЄΩKOPΩΝ; Hercules standing slightly l., head r., naked except for lion skin over shoulders, drawing arrow from quiver with r. hand, holding bow in l.; in r. field, three birds falling to the ground.
Schönert Perinthos 611 = SNG Fitzwilliam 1753 = Varbanov 261
Picture credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (Triton XVIII), 6.1.2015, lot 871
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