RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 1512)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 1512)
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 ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, (ΕΠ) (Ϲ) ΓΕΜΙΝΟΥ
Edition Ζμυρναίων ὁμόνοια Περγαμηνῶν ἐπ(ὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Γεμίνου
Translation concord of the Smyrnaeans and Pergamenes, under strategos Geminus
Reverse design Amazon Smyrna, turreted, standing right, holding double axe on shoulder, with prow of ship at her feet, clasping hands with Tyche of Pergamum, turreted, standing left, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.16 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Klose LXXXII; Franke & Nollé 2182–214
Specimens 21 (13 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 2698
    P: 2699
    ✸ B: 18226055, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
    B: 18226056, 1906 Löbbecke
    C McClean 8338
    Cop SNG 1427
    G MacDonald 287 = SNG 1580
    Mu: 406. 1341
    O: Christ Church
    O: Buckler
    O: Milne
    V: GR 17837
    V: GR 30117
    N: 7938
    N: 7937
    N: 7936
    Tübingen SNG 3239
    Winterthur GrMW 3186
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    Schulman , 6 June 1969, lot 287