RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 112)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 112)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορ) 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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΠΕΛΛΟΥ Β ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀπελλοῦ βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων
Translation under strategos Aurelius Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; at her feet, dog
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.78 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 214
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L BMC 214
    G MacDonald 20 = SNG 1318
    O Raye