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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7782286, member: 85693"]With Asclepius (to the left) on a sestertius of Caracalla. I did a search of Roman imperials on OCRE and found only 11 examples with Telesphorus, all for Caracalla, in various metals. Other than these, Telesphorus apparently only appeared on Provincials:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=fulltext%3ATelesphorus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=fulltext%3ATelesphorus" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=fulltext:Telesphorus</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1335319[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(215 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[M AVRE]L ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / [P M TR P] XVIII IMP III [COS IIII PP] SC Asclepius standing facing, resting</p><p>on serpent-entwined staff, Telesphorus standing left, globe on ground to right. </p><p>RIC 538a.</p><p>(23.61 grams / 31 x 29 mm)</p><p>eBay Mar. 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>"Before establishing his military head- quarters at the Syrian capital of</p><p>Antiochia in 215, Caracalla...found time to visit the shrine of Asklepios in Pergamum...This visit was of such importance to Caracalla that it was commemorated by a special emission of coins in all three metals from the</p><p>Rome mint in 215..." [USER=80783]@Julius Germanicus[/USER] Coin Talk Sep. 2017[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7782286, member: 85693"]With Asclepius (to the left) on a sestertius of Caracalla. I did a search of Roman imperials on OCRE and found only 11 examples with Telesphorus, all for Caracalla, in various metals. Other than these, Telesphorus apparently only appeared on Provincials: [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=fulltext%3ATelesphorus']http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=fulltext:Telesphorus[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1335319[/ATTACH] [B]Caracalla Æ Sestertius (215 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] [M AVRE]L ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / [P M TR P] XVIII IMP III [COS IIII PP] SC Asclepius standing facing, resting on serpent-entwined staff, Telesphorus standing left, globe on ground to right. RIC 538a. (23.61 grams / 31 x 29 mm) eBay Mar. 2021 "Before establishing his military head- quarters at the Syrian capital of Antiochia in 215, Caracalla...found time to visit the shrine of Asklepios in Pergamum...This visit was of such importance to Caracalla that it was commemorated by a special emission of coins in all three metals from the Rome mint in 215..." [USER=80783]@Julius Germanicus[/USER] Coin Talk Sep. 2017[/QUOTE]
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