RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1259)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1259)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Iulius Leonteus (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΠΟ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΛΕΟΝΤΕΩϹ, ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Πο(πλίου) Ἰουλίου Λεοντέως Μυτιληναίων
Translation under the strategos Publius Iulius Leonteus, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Caracalla standing in quadriga left, holding sceptre; on the left, soldier advancing left, head right, holding vexillum; in the background, trophy with two captives on pedestal
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 46.27 g
Axis 6, 11
Reference BMC 212–13
Specimens 12 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L BMC 212
— —     L: 1840,1226.408 BMC 213
— —     P: 367
— —     B: 18222276, Fox
— —     B: 18222278, I-B
— —     B: 18222270, Löbb.
— —     C
— —     O: Milne
— —     A-KIKPE CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 595 = SNG Kikpe II, 598
— —     CNG Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 763 = Triton II, 1 Dec. 1998, lot 632
— —     Gorny & Mosch 181, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 1770
— —     M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 385 = J. Hirsch 13, 15 May 1905, lot 3622 (Rhousopoulos)