CILICIA. Tarsus. Caracalla, 198-217. (Bronze, 36.5 mm, 23.07 g, 12 h). AYT KAI M AVP CEYHPOC ANTΩNEINOC CEB / Π - Π Bust of Caracalla to left, wearing the crown and robes of a demiourgos priest; below bust, star. Rev. ANTΩNEINIANHC CEYH AΔP/ TAPCOY / Γ - B/ AM/K Nude athlete standing facing, head to left, holding a palm branch in his right hand and raising his left arm to crown himself with with a wreath in the form of a prize crown. Burrell p. 218. Cf. Klose 176 ( similar obverse and reverse )..SNG Levante 1064 ( this coin ). Dusty green patina. Minor scrape on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.), and from that of E. Levante, Classical Numismatic Group 70, 21 September 2005, 577.

The reverse inscription means " (coin) of Antonine, Severan and Hadrianic Tarsos, first, biggest and most beautiful city of the province, ⟨and the city⟩ that presides over the province's three districts, and is the guardian of a temple of the Imperial cult ".