★ The river gods Kapros and Lykos ★

PHRYGIA. Laodicea ad Lycum. Caracalla, 198-217. Diassarion (Bronze, 26 mm, 9.55 g, 7 h), CY 88 = 216/7. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟ/ΡΩΝ // ΤΟ ΠΗ The river gods Kapros and Lykos, as boar and wolf, seated back to back, heads reverted and facing each other. BMC -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Leypold -. SNG München -. SNG von Aulock 3861 ( same dies ). Of the highest rarity, the second known example. Minor deposits, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.