RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 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 ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος 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 [ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΠΕΛΛΟΥ] Β, ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἀπέλλους βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων 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)
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