RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 64978)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 64978)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Alinda
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Septimius Severus (Augustus) ; Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Cornelius Menippos (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕΟΥΗΡΟϹ Ϛ (?) ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΕΤ Ϛ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος ϛʹ καὶ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος ἔτους ϛʹ Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεουῆρος ϛʹ καὶ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος ἔτ(ους) ϛʹ
Translation Emperor Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus 6 and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, of year 6
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus, right, seen from rear, facing laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, left, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡ ΚΟΡ ΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΥ ΑΛΙΝΔΕΩΝ [ ]ΕΩΝ, ΔΕΞΙΟΥΜΕΝΟϹ ΗΡΑΚΛ Ν ΔΟϹΕΙ
Edition ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος Κορνηλίου Μενίππου Ἀλινδέων ---ΕΩΝ δεξιούμενος Ἡρακλῆς? νʹ δόσει ἐπὶ ἄρ(χοντος) Κορ(νηλίου) Μενίππου Ἀλινδέων [---]ΕΩΝ δεξιούμενος Ἡρακλ(ῆς?) νʹ δόσει
Translation under archon Cornelius Menippos, of the Alindeans [---]EON Heracles, welcoming, will give 50(?)
Reverse design nude Heracles standing seen from rear, looking right, club and lion skin in right hand, shaking emperor's hand in military dress, a long sceptre in left hand, a lighted altar in the middle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 26.67 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1974,0302.1
    L: 1979,0101.1832 ex vA coll.
    P: 1965.1045
    NY: 1944.100.47649
    O
    M&M GmbH 13, 9 Oct. 2003, lot 393 = Savoca Coins EA 97, 14 March 2021, lot 270