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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8336127, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you for yet another informative post, [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have only one coin showing Telesphorus (at least I assume so, based on the pointy head/hood), but it is not a provincial, rather an imperial Rome mint sestertius for Caracalla.&nbsp; I wonder if any other imperial issues depicted this mysterious child?&nbsp; A useful note from [USER=80783]@Julius Germanicus[/USER] is part of my attribution, giving a reason for this issue: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477987[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caracalla&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(215 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </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 on serpent-entwined staff, Telesphorus standing left, globe</p><p>on ground to right.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>RIC 538a.</p><p>(23.61 grams / 31 x 29 mm)</p><p>eBay Mar. 2021 </p><p><b>Note:</b>&nbsp; &quot;Before establishing his military headquarters 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...&quot;</p><p>[USER=80783]@Julius Germanicus[/USER] Coin Talk, Sep. 2017[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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