RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 29431)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 29431)
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 ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ , Ε Ϲ ΓΕΜΙΝΟΥ
Edition Περγαμηνῶν Σμυρναίων ἐ(πὶ) σ(τρατηγοῦ) Γεμίνου
Translation of the Pergamenes and the Smyrnaeans, under strategos Geminus
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head right, holding sceptre with entwisted serpent, in front of the tyche of Smyrna, standing, facing, head left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.84 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Klose LXXXII; Franke & Nollé 2174–81A
Specimens 6 (6 in the core collections)

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