RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 492)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 492)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Caerellius Attalos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΚΡΑΤ Κ ΜΑΡΚΟϹ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρκος Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
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 Caracalla, togate, standing right, holding patera and roll, facing temple seen in perspective enclosing Asclepius (as Caracalla) seated left, holding sceptre; between them, victimarius standing left, holding mallet, striking humped bull standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 45.17 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 324; SNG France 2230
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1882,0605.15 BMC 324
— —     P: 1382 SNG 2230
— —     G MacDonald 66 = SNG 1341
— —     M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 557
— —     ✸ Nomos 5, 25 Oct. 2011, lot 245 = NAC 54, 24 Mar. 2010, lot 504 = Tkalec, 8 Sept. 2008, lot 357