RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1258)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1258)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Caerellius Attalos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΚΡΑ(Τ) 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 Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent staff, and Caracalla, in military dress, standing left, rising right arm, holding spear; between them, Telesphorus standing, facing, on base
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 41.62 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference SNG France 2240–1, 2248
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 1372 SNG 2240
— —     P: 1373 SNG 2241
— —     ✸ P: 1371 SNG 2248
— —     V: GR 16497
— —     Vat Serafini 1937, p. 426, no. 59, pl. 56.5. It was found in the San Panfilo catacomb in Rome, used as an ornament, fixed in the mortar of a loculus.
— —     CGT coll. = Savoca 125th Blue, 15 Jan. 2022, lot 646
— —     CNG 88, 14 Sept. 2011, lot 882 = Sternberg 11, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 270
— —     CNG EA 281, 20 June 2012, lot 228
— —     Rauch 60, 3 Nov. 1997, lot 369