Caracalla (?) Provincial with Tyche (?) AE 26 - I need help

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  1. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    Because of an interesting portrait, I bought this damaged, largish Roman Provincial. I figured I'd be able to attribute it, but I am stumped. Hadrianapolis, or somewhere in Thrace was as close as I could come, but I could never find an exact match, mostly because the reverse is so pitted. The portrait/inscription leads me to believe this is Caracalla, but Elagabalus is a possibility, I suppose.

    The aspects of it that are puzzling on the reverse are the blobs - rocks? waves? - in the exergue. The seated figure - I am guessing Tyche - seems to be sitting on a pile of rocks, rather than a throne - and I found several rock pile examples, but no convincing matches. It is 26 mm and weighs 12.04 grams.

    Any help would be much appreciated.

    Caracalla Prov w Tyche Oct 2018 (2).JPG
     
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  3. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    Its Caracalla. I'm halfway there, I need to flip through the books.
     
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  4. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    This will be tentative as so much of the critical legends are missing but I'm fairly confident this is it:

    Caracalla
    Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis
    Cybele enthroned left between two lions and holding phiale and resting on drum.
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  5. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Cybele on the reverse for sure.
     
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  6. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    Cybele! Thank you - my Tyche approach was way off, obviously. And so I continue to learn...

    Thank you Ken and Roman Collector. I appreciate the help.
     
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