RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 557)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 557)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ, [Μ] ΑΝΤ (on rock)
Edition Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων Μᾶρκος Ἀντωνῖνος Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ωνῖνος)
Translation of the Laodiceans, neocorate, Marcus Antoninus
Reverse design Adrasteia advancing right, head left, holding infant Zeus, holding inflated peplos above her head, right foot on rock inscribed; around, three helmeted Corybantes dancing, each beating raised shield with sword; on each side, a reclining river god, holding reed, resting on water urn; an uncertain figure lying in the background
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 46 mm
Average weight 42.72 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note On the rev., the rock (on which the central figure is standing) is inscribed, but the reading is unclear, and the two specimen recorded show traces of  tooling. 
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: G1874,0715.370
— —     B: 18223679, Löbb.