RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62461)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62461)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Perge
Reign Tacitus
Person (obv.) Tacitus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΚΛ ΤΑΚΙΤΟΝ ΕΥ Ε ϹΒ, Ι
Edition Αὐτο(κράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Μ(ᾶρκον) Κλ(αύδιον) Τάκιτον Εὐ(σεβῆ) Ε(ὐτυχῆ) Σ<ε>β(αστὸν) ιʹ
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Pius Fortunate Augustus, 10
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Tacitus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΑΚΙΤΙΟϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΙΟϹ / ΠΕΡΓΑΙΩΝ, ΙϹΟΚΑΠΕΤΩ/ΛΙΑ, Α
Edition Τακίτιος μητροπολίτιος Περγαίων ἰσοκαπετώλια αʹ
Translation Tacitean, metropolitan (games) of the Pergeans, the Isocapitolia, first
Reverse design inscribed prize crown between two palm branches on basis
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 23.11 g
Axis 12
Reference Watson 2055
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The line of the inscription read by Watson as ϹΟΚΑ might well be only decoration.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1887,1003.9 BMC 103
    ✸ CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 104