RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 28243)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 28243)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Phocaea
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Eutuches (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος 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 rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΕΥΤΥΧΟΥ, ΦΩΚΑΕΩΝ, Τ ΕΡΜ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Εὐτύχους Φωκαέων Τ Ἕρμος ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Εὐτύχου(ς) Φωκαέων Τ Ἕρμ(ος)
Translation under strategos Marcus Aurelius Eutuches, of the Phocaeans, T(?) Hermos
Reverse design river god (Hermos), reclining left, holding reed?, resting on water urn with a bird behind it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.47 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Wa 1906; BMC 147
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
Note Obv. die link with a coin of Smyrna (see Kraft, pl. 2.10).
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1878,0710.6 BMC 147
— —     P: 2026 Wa 1906
— —     B: 18209158, Löbb.
— —     B: 18209161, Fox
— —     Mu SNG 850
— —     V: GR 34529
— —     N: 8177
— —     Gorny & Mosch 181, 12 Oct. 2009, lot 1776