URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/1497
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Volume
V.2
Number
— (unassigned; ID 1497)
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Smyrna
Region
Ionia
City
Smyrna
Reign
Caracalla
Person (obv.)
Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate
Marcus Aurelius Geminus (strategos)
Alliance with
Pergamum
Obverse inscription
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕ ΙΝΟϹ
Edition
Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) 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
ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΠΕ ΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, Ε ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΓΕ ΜΙΝΟΥ
Edition
Σμυρναίων ὁμόνοια Περγαμηνῶν ἐ(πὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Γεμίνου
Translation
concord of the Smyrnaeans and Pergamenes, under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Geminus
Reverse design
two Nemeses standing, facing each other, each plucking chiton, one holding cubit rule, the other holding bridle; between them, Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent staff
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
44 mm
Average weight
45.13 g
Axis
6, 7, 12
Reference
Klose LXXXIII; Franke & Nollé 2129–31
Specimens
3 (3 in the core collections)
