RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1420)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1420)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Rufinus the sophist (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορ) Κ(αῖσαρ) 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 Κ ΡΟΥΦ(Ι), ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙ(Ω)
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κ(λαυδίου) Ῥουφί(νου) Σμυρναίω(ν)
Translation under the strategos Claudius Rufinus, of the Smyrnaeans
Reverse design Caracalla in military dress standing left, holding patera and sceptre, lighted altar at feet, crownded by Nike standing left, holding palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.56 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 401–2; Klose LIX 1–3
Specimens 13 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: B1841.3000 BMC 401
    L: B1841,2899 BMC 402
    P: 2678
    P: 2679
    ✸ B: 18202205, 1873 Fox
    C McClean 8312
    Cop SNG 1386
    Cop SNG 1387
    Mu: 400.1290
    O: Oman
    O: Walker SNG vA 8006
    Giessener Münzhandlung 29, 28 June 1984, lot 2985
    Noble Numismatics 85, 24 July 2007, 3149