RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 28429)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 28429)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Ameptos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΓΡΑΜ ΑΥΡ ΑΜΕΠ[ΤΟΥ] ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ γραμ(ματέως) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀμέπτου Μαγνήτων
Translation under the secretary Aurelius Amemptos, of the Magnetes
Reverse design infant Dionysus seated facing on cista mystica, surrounded bythe three Corybantes, holding swords and raising shields
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.40 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Schultz 163
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 1510 Schultz 163.1
    B Schultz 163.3
    Cop SNG 872 = Schultz, Magnesia 163.2
    ✸ V: GR 35967 Schultz, Magnesia 163.4
    CGT coll.