RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1070)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1070)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΕΥΤΥΧΕΙϹ ΚΑΙΡΟΙ
Edition Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων εὐτυχείς καιροί Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων εὐτυχείς καιροί
Translation of the Laodiceans, neocorate, fortunate times
Reverse design the four seasons, represented as four boys, playing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 14.89 g
Axis 6
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Note The reverse seems copied from denarii of Caracalla issued in 209 (RIC 153) depicting the four seasons on the reverse with the inscription FELICIA TEMPORA, here translated as ƐΥΤΥΧƐΙϹ ΚΑΙΡΟΙ.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 1598
— —     ✸ P: 1597
— —     B: 18223699, Fox
— —     B: 18223698, 1867/28778
— —     V: GR 19919
— —     Auktion der antiken Münzen. Slovenija-Ljubljana, 3 Oct. 1994, lot 229