RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 577)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 577)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus) ; Geta (Augustus)
Magistrate Cornelianus, son of Philotas (?) (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ[Τ ΚΑ ΜΑΡ] ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΠΛΙΟϹ ϹΕΠΤΙ ΓΕΤΑϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Πόπλιος Σεπτί(μιος) Γέτας
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Emperor Caesar Publius Septimius Geta
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right, facing laureate head of Geta, left
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΩ Λ ΦΙΛΩΤΑ (sic), ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κορνηλιανοῦ τοῦ Φιλῶ(τα) Φιλῶτα Μυτιληναίων
Translation under strategos Cornelianus, son of Philotas (?), of Philotas, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Caracalla in military dress with cloak floating behind him, on horse prancing right, brandishing in right hand spear at enemy on the floor; shield under the horse
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 46 mm
Average weight 44.73 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG vA 7755
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1979,0101.1697 SNG vA 7755 corr.
    ✸ Lanz 144, 24 Nov. 2008, lot 571