Lakonia, Gythium
Caracalla 197-217 CE
Ae 22mm 4.2g 9h
Obv: MAΡ AYΡ ANTΩNEINOC. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: ΓYΘEATωN. Dioscuroi standing facing, heads turned to each other, each holding the bridle of his horse; above star and crescent.
BCD Peloponnesos 973 var; Horsky Coll. 993; Gress 489. NCP p. 62 No. 7
Pausanias mentioned that the gates of the city walls of Gythion were sacred to Kastor, one of the Dioscuri. Therefore, this coin with their image may depict a statue that stood above those gates. Today, much of the ancient city of Gythion is underwater. Traces of the city walls may be seen, but obviously nothing of the statue.