RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1490)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1490)
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 ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΡΗΤΑΡΙΟΥ, ϹΜΥΡΝ
Edition γʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κρηταρίου Σμυρν(αίων)
Translation of the thrice neocorate Smyrnaeans, under the strategos Cretarius
Reverse design Roma seated left, holding temple and spear; against her throne, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.60 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 410–1; Klose LIX 22–23
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1846,0910.130 BMC 410
    L: 1844,0425.348 BMC 411
    P: 2682