RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1111) (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1111) (forgery)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Caerellius Attalos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with aegis and gorgoneion on cuirass, holding sceptre with right hand
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΚΑΙΡΕΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΕΥ (sic) ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Μάρκου Καιρελίου Ἀττάλου Περγαμηνῶν γʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Καιρελ(ίου) Ἀττάλ{ε}<ο>υ Περγαμηνῶν γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Marcus Caerellius Attalos, of the Pergamenes, three times neocorate
Reverse design Caracalla, in military dress, standing right, rising right hand (and holding scroll?), facing Asclepius seated left, holding patera over altar, and long serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 33.45 g
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note coin tooled: probably an ancient forgery made with a tooled coin of Cyzicus : https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/1073
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— —     ✸ V: GR 16494