RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 106)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 106)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Caerellius Attalos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΚΡΑΤ Κ ΜΑΡΚΟϹ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρκος Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΚΑΙΡΕΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(ᾶρκου) Καίρελ(λίου) Ἀττάλου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under the strategos Marcus Caerellius Attalus, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design Caracalla on horseback right, rising right arm, facing male figure (citizen) standing left, holding small statue of Ascelpius standing facing, holding serpent-staff; on the right, two soldiers (?) standing right, each holding standard (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 45 mm
Average weight 40.07 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference SNG France 2244
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: 1370A Wa 7041 = SNG 2244
    C: CM.249-1968
    Aufhaüser 6, 5 Oct. 1989, lot 455
    Noble Numismatics 86, 21 Nov. 2007, lot 3366
    Numismatica 17, 22 June 1977, lot 509