RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 410)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 410)
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
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 on horseback right, facing trophy with seated captive and standing captive; on the left, Nike standing right, crowning Caracalla
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 46 mm
Average weight 54.87 g
Axis 6
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     V: GR 17004
— —     N: 8007
— —     CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1081 = Waddell 1, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 186
— —     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 788
— —     ✸ Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 608 = Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 837 = M&M AG/Leu 1966, lot 614 = Cahn 60, 1928, lot 1443