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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3666286, member: 56859&quot;]Oh that is <b>fantastic</b>!&nbsp; It&#039;s the most artist example of that reverse I&#039;ve seen!&nbsp; Envious <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the same type issued by his son.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_b253f019eb874641b1f598c2e54655ec.jpg_srb_p_850_426_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=56d6f78675d44b31b2a2b606eba80409" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla</b></p><p>CE 198-217</p><p>AE29, 16.4 gm</p><p>Obv: AYT K M AY CEY ANTΩNEINOC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC; Asklepios seated right on back of winged serpent</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 5007</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla was a supplicant of Asklepios, reportedly beseeching the god to cure his illness. The exact nature of his illness is unknown but sounds mental. Cassius Dio recorded these speculations in <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/texts/Cassius_Dio/78*.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/texts/Cassius_Dio/78*.html" rel="nofollow">Roman History, book LXXVIII, 15.3-7</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;For he was sick not only in body, partly from visible partly from secret ailments, but in mind as well, suffering from certain distressing visions, and often he thought he was being pursued by his father and by his brother, armed with swords.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Dio opines that the gods were not impressed by his offerings, judging Caracalla by his deeds rather than his gifts.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This showed most clearly that they regarded, not his votive offerings or his sacrifices, but only his purposes and his deeds. He received no help from Apollo Grannus, nor yet from Aesculapius or Serapis, in spite of his many supplications and his unwearying persistence. For even while abroad he sent to them prayers, sacrifices and votive offerings, and many couriers ran hither and thither every day carrying something of this kind; and he also went to them himself, hoping to prevail by appearing in person, and did all that devotees are wont to do; but he obtained nothing that contributed to health.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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