Caracalla — Star Within Crescent Sterling Silver Coin Pendant the design reflects Byzantion’s identity

the design reflects Byzantion’s identity as a city shaped by water

and divine sanction

This pendant features a large and beautifully preserved Byzantine bronze follis

Issued in southern Italy

preserving both sides in full

Caracalla — Star Within Crescent Sterling Silver Coin Pendant the design reflects Byzantion’s identityStruck at Nikopolis ad Istrum in Lower Moesia between 195198 CE, when Caracalla was still Caesar under Septimius Severus, this bronze bears his youthful portrait on the obverse and, on the reverse, a star resting within a crescent moon. The imagery is restrained yet evocative imperial authority paired with celestial symbolism. Hand set in a sterling silver bezel, the coin becomes a wearable fragment of Romes Severan dynasty, poised between earthly