RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 632)

 

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Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 632)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ] ΑΠΕΛΛΟΥ Β ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἀπέλλους βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀπέλλου(ς) βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων
Translation under strategos Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Caracalla on horseback right, facing trophy with seated captive and standing captive; on the left, Nike standing right, crowning Caracalla
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 50.32 g
Axis 2, 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18222265
— —     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 165, 17 Mar. 2008, lot 1535 = Gorny & Mosch 67, 1994, lot 631