RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1391)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1391)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Adramyteum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcianus II, grandson of Menemachos (strategos)
Alliance with Ephesus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ(ΛΙΟϹ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΥ (Β) ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ Κ(ΑΙ) ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ, Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μαρκιανοῦ βʹ Ἀδραμυτηνῶν καὶ Ἐφεσίων γʹ νεωκόρων ὁμόνοια
Translation under strategos Marcianus II, of the Adramyteans and Ephesians, thrice neocorate, concord
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing facing, wearing kalathos, with supports, and Zeus Idaios standing left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 24.53 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference von Fritze 145–9; Franke & Nollé 1–19; Stauber 148
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)
Note For die-links, see von Fritze 145-9.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L BMC 24 = von Fritze 149/1
    L BMC 25 = von Fritze 145/1
    P: 37 SNG 59 = von Fritze 146/2
    B: 18264480, 1860/214666
    B von Fritze 146/1
    Mu von Fritze 148/1
    V: GR 16068 von Fritze 145/2
    V: GR 16067 von Fritze 148/2
    Milan von Fritze 147
    N von Fritze 149/2
    ✸ CNG Triton VIII, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 756 = Freeman & Sear 8, 5 Feb. 2003, lot 322
    Gorny & Mosch 196, 7 Mar. 2011, lot 2086
    J. Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908, lot 2376 = von Fritze 149/3
    M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 458 = G. Hirsch 173, 19 Feb. 1992, lot 1019
    MMAG Auctiones 6, 1976, lot 191
    SNG vA 1058