Provincials Be Killin' - Caracalla Tetrassarion?

So I picked up this new Victory from a trusted seller on ebay the other day. When it arrived, I checked out his attribution and I don't believe it to be correct.
He has it attributed as:

AE30 of Stobi, Macedon
M AVR ANTONINVS, laureate and curiassed bust right, seen from behind
Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm
Moushmov 6552; AMNG 15
which is this coin:

HOWEVER, this coin is listed as an AE22 and is definitely NOT my coin.

With it being 30mm and 10.62g, I believe it is a Tetrassarion but I can't find a good match anywhere.
The obverse, I can make out MAV on the obverse and looks to be M(VN)IC(P) STOBENSI on the reverse.

 

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It's certainly Caracalla from Stobi. I've seen these in the 24mm up to the low 30mm's in diameter and there are a whole lot of different reverse legend variations from the shortest MVN STOB to the longer version of MVNICIP STOBENSIVM

 

Ok, so at least I'm not going crazy! Well, I mean I am...but that's another story.

 

Don't fret about going crazy ... at this point we all are

 

Wife, 2 dogs, 3 kids, 4 cats all at home going stir crazy.

 

Wife, me and COVID ... nuff said

 

Horrendous attribution!
Clearly a permed and bearded Sammy "The Bull" Gravano:

 

Cool coin. A tough provincial of caracalla. A mob-worthy portrait.

 

I thought it was pretty interesting and I love anything with Nike/Victory so I threw a lowball bid on it not expecting to win. Glad I did though. Now I've got provincials with Nike reverses from Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Elagabalus. Just need a few more to complete the whole Severan dynasty

 

Here's one from Stobi featuring that creep's mama:


Julia Domna AD 193-211
Roman provincial AE 25
Macedon, Stobi, AD 193-211
9.3 gm, 25.4 mm
Obv: IVLIA AVGVST, bare-headed and draped bust, r.
Rev: MVNI STOBE, Victory advancing l., holding wreath; below, wheel and serpent.
Refs: Moushmov 6548; Similar to BMC 104, 8.

 

Nice one!
Here's my mom and dad. She from Stobi, he from Thessalonica.


Also, I take back what I said earlier about having an Elegabalus. I do not. wompwomp

 

Nice one @furryfrog02! Here is mine from a rather esteemed collection:

Provincial Rome - Macedon
Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D.
Stobi AE24, 23.9 mm x 5.82 grams
Obv.: [...] ANTONINV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: MVNICI STOB, Victory advancing left, holding palm frond and wreath
Ex. Zumbly collection

 

Caracalla.

MACEDON, Thessalonica

Caracalla. 198-217 A.D. AE 26, 14.9 grams, 7h

Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust right

Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding a small Cabeirus and palm

Reference: Touratsoglou Em, II:a

ex: JAZ Numismatics

 

Great examples @FitzNigel and @ancient coin hunter !

I loves me some Nike/Victory! Also big thick provincial coinage!

 

I do have a soft spot for these big’uns:

Provincial Rome - Thrace
Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D
Perinthus, AE 35 Medallion, 35.30 mm x 26.52 grams
Obv.: [AVT K M AVP CЄ]OVHP ANTΩNINOC AVΓ, radiate head right
Rev.: ΠЄPINΘIΩN NEΩKOPΩN, agonistic table surmounted by two prize urns, each containing palm; below, five balls and amphora

 

Caracalla. 198-217 AD. MACEDON, Stobi. Æ (27mm, 6.61 gm, 7h). M AVR ANTONINVS, laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: MVNICISTO-BEN, Victory-Nemesis advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; wheel at her feet to left. Varbanov 4035