URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/276
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Volume
V.2
Number
— (unassigned; ID 276)
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Pergamum
Region
Lesbus
City
Mytilene
Reign
Caracalla
Person (obv.)
Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate
Aurelius Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos (strategos)
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤΚΡΑΤ Κ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕ ΙΝΟϹ
Edition
Αὐτ<ο>κράτ(ωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation
Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription
[Ε ΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΠΕ ΛΛΟΥ] Β, ΜΕ ΝΕ ΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition
ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀπέλλου(ς) βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων
Translation
under strategos Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design
Caracalla standing in quadriga left, holding sceptre; on the left, soldier advancing left, head right, holding vexillum; in the background, trophy with two captives on pedestal
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
44 mm
Average weight
51.48 g
Axis
6
Specimens
1 (1 in the core collections)
