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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancient Aussie, post: 4554988, member: 80147&quot;]Picked up this rare little coin at the recent Gorny auction, believed to be </p><p><font size="4">the<b> Temple of Dionysos at Philippopolis, </b>and my first coin from this city.<b>[ATTACH=full]1127841[/ATTACH]</b> </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>PHILIPPOPOLIS. Caracalla, 211 - 217 AD AE ø 17mm (3.86g). Obv .: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ CΕΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙ, draped bust no Rs .: ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠΟΠΟΛ / ΤΩΝ, tree-covered hill with a temple shown in three-quarter view on the summit. Varbanov, GIC -. RR!</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Not published in standard references, except Ivan Varbanov&#039;s new book (2019)</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>The Coinage of Philippopolis under number XV.49.2. showing 13 specimens.</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><b><font size="4">From a South German private collection, Coll. EL; ex Gorny &amp; Mosch auction 200, 2011, lot 2105.</font></b></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ex Gorny &amp; Mosch auction 271, 2020, lot 340.</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Would love to see everyone&#039;s coins from this great town or your Caracalla coins.</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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