RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1383)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1383)
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 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 ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΠΕΛΟΥ Β ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟΥ, ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἀπελοῦ βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀπελοῦ βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων
Translation under strategos Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Caracalla in military dress with cloak floating behind him, on horse prancing right, brandishing in right hand spear at enemy on the floor
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.00 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference SNG vA 1757
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1696 SNG vA 1757
— —     B: 18222280