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Message:: [QUOTE="Mike Margolis, post: 4623977, member: 88401"]This is a great thread. One of the closest items that might match is this RPC of Caracalla. Since he is famous for having devalued the currency and causing inflation the idea that he upheld the values represented with Triptolemus is kind of absurd. Since Triptolemus with the Eleusinian mysteries helped fertilize the land and bring forth greater wealth as the "golden" grain represents.[ATTACH=full]1144553[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1144554[/ATTACH]Tarsus, Cilicia. Caracalla. 198-217. Tetrassarion (Bronze, ), 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.[/QUOTE]