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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Margolis, post: 3233256, member: 88401&quot;]no nothing cooler than Cybele with Lions quadriga but this serpent driven chariot/car of Triptolemus comes close on a Caracalla provincial of Cilicia:[ATTACH=full]844910[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]844911[/ATTACH]</p><p>TIF attributed this one for me, had no clue except that is was from Cilicia with the two &quot;Pi&quot;s on the obverse.</p><p>Tarsus, Cilicia. Caracalla. 198-217. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 31mm, 16.26 g 6), c. 214-217. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ CΕΥΗΡ[ΟC ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC] CΕΒ Π Π Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΑΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΗC CΕΟΥΗΡ....... ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΚΑ /ΓΒ Triptolemos, sowing grain with his right hand and holding a grain sack in his left, standing right in car drawn by two serpents to right. SNG Levante 1049 . SNG Paris 1509-1510 . A rare and most interesting piece of fine style. Dark green patina. Good very fine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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