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CARACALLA: 198-217 A.D. -
Bronze (26 mm, 8.55 gm.) TROAS, Ilium, 206 A.D. Apparently unpublished. 
Reference: Reverse similar to Crispina--Bellinger 199; SNG Copenhagen 413 var. (reverse legend placement);  SNG von Aulock -; BMC Troas, etc. pg. 67, 67.
Laureate bust of Caracalla right.
I-LIEW-N, Ilos standing left, sacrificing bull before Athena Ilias standing  right. 



Ilos was the legendary founder of Troy, which he named after  his father, Tros. Ilos had followed a cow until it rested, and there built the  city after having prayed for a sign that he had chosen the right spot. The sign  that Zeus had provided was a statue that was sacred to Athena, the Palladium  (Athena Ilias). Ilos built a temple to house the statue, and Troy was safe from  foreign enemies as long as the Palladium remained within the city walls (Homer,  Iliad 21.231-236; Apollodorus 3.12.2-3).