RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 439)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 439)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Caerellius Attalos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο)(ΚΡΑΤ) Κ(ΑΙ) Μ(ΑΡΚΟϹ) ΑΥΡ(ΗΛΙΟϹ) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτ(ωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΚΑΙΡΕΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(ᾶρκου) Καίρελ(λίου) Ἀττάλου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under the strategos Marcus Caerellius Attalus, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design Asclepius standing right, holding serpent staff, and Caracalla, in military dress, standing left, holding globe; between them, humped bull right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.88 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 323
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1871,1202.9 BMC 323
    ✸ Mu: 222a
    V: GR 16500
    Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 671 = Aufhäuser 5, 5 Oct. 1988, lot 349