RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1500)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1500)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
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 ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΤΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ
Edition Σμυρναίων πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων τῶν Σεβαστῶν
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, first (city) thrice neocorate, of the Augusti
Reverse design three temples with four columns side by side, each one surmounted by a wreath; in the central temple, statue of Roma seated left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.82 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 416; Klose LIX 26
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1844,0425.1888 BMC 416
    ✸ P: 2688
    B: 18222639, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
    Mu: 404.1295
    Münster: M 1159
    M&M Deutschland 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 75 = Spink 39, 6 Dec. 1984, lot 18