RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1502)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1502)
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 ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΛ ΚΡΗΤΑΡΙΟΥ
Edition Σμυρναίων πρώτων Ἀσίας γʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ στρα(τηγὸυ) Κλ(αυδίου) Κρηταρίου
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, first in Asia, thrice neocorate, under the strategos Claudius Cretarius
Reverse design three temples with four columns side by side, each one surmounted by a wreath; in the left temple, statue of Tiberius standing right; in the central temple, statue of Roma seated left; in the right temple, statue of Hadrian standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.75 g
Axis 6
Reference Klose LIX 15
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

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