RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1483)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1483)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Cretarius (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) 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 front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΡΗΤΑΡΙΟΥ, ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κρηταρίου Ζμυρναίων γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under the strategos Cretarius, of the Smyrnaeans, thrice neocorate
Reverse design galley with sail, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 23.54 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 412; SNG vA 2221; Klose LIX 16
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Note Retrograd Z

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L BMC 412
    L: 1979,0101.1790 SNG vA 2221
    P: 2690
    B: 18222641, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
    O: Oman
    Aufhaüser 15, 21 March 2000, lot 381