RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 490)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 490)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Abydus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΒΥΔΗΝΩΝ ΗΡΩ, ΛΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Ἀβυδηνῶν Ἡρώ Λαϊανδρος
Translation of the Abydenians, hero Leander
Reverse design Leander swimming right, above fish, towards Hero standing on top of tower (the lighthouse of Sestus), holding lamp; above, Eros flying right, holding torch; to left, rock with helmet, cloak, sword and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 26.43 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     Bologna
— —     Harvard: 2002.282.5 M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 62
— —     Winterthur GrMW 2695
— —     ✸ CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 477