RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 49340)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 49340)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Cretarius (strategos)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ ΑϹΙΑϹ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, ΤΩΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΩΝ ΚΑΛΛΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΕΘΙ, ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑΤΗ ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΚΛ ΚΡΗΤΑΡΙΟΥ
Edition Σμυρναίων πρώτων Ἀσίας γʹ τῶν Σεβαστῶν νεωκόρων κάλλει καὶ μεγέθει ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Κρηταρίου Σμυρναίων πρώτων Ἀσίας γʹ τῶν Σεβαστῶν νεωκόρων κάλλει καὶ μεγέθ<ε>ι ἐπὶ στρατη(γοῦ) Τιβερίου Κλ(αυδίου) Κρηταρίου
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, first of Asia, thrice neocorate, in beauty and size, under strategos Tiberius Claudius Cretarius
Reverse design inscription within laurel-wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 43 mm
Average weight 41.91 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 405–6; Klose Smyrna LIX 14
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L BMC 405
— —     L: 1846,0910.129 BMC 406
— —     B: 18222637, 1914/619
— —     O: Christ Church
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