★ Published in Prieur-Amandry, McAlee, and Ex M&M 1967 ★

Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 205-207. AVT KAI ANTΩNЄINOC C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC B, eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread; star between legs. Prieur & Amandry Group I, 9 (this coin, illustrated on pl. XIV); McAlee, Severan, Group I, 5 (this coin); Prieur 1130. 12.34g, 28mm, 12h.

Near Mint State; some deposits, light old cabinet tone with an underlying lustre and golden highlights. A magnificent portrait.

This coin published in M. Prieur and M. Amandry, Nouvel apport à l'étude des tétradrachmes sévériens de Laodicée, Revue Belge de Numismatique 133 (1987);
This coin published in R. McAlee, Severan Tetradrachms of Laodicea in MN 29 (1984);
Ex Michel Prieur Collection;
Ex Robert Gait Collection, Auctiones AG 15, 18 September 1985, lot 379;
Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG, FPL 279, August 1967, no. 42.