RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 664)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 664)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelius Onesiphoros (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with aegis and gorgoneion on cuirass, holding sceptre with left hand
Reverse inscription ΑΡΧ ΑΙΛ ΟΝΗϹΙΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΙΑΝ ΚΥΖΙΚΗ, ΔΙϹ ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἄρχ(οντος) Αἰλ(ίου) Ὀνησιφόρου Αὐρ(ηλιανῶν) Ἀντωνεινιαν(ῶν) Κυζικη(νῶν) δὶς νεοκόρων
Translation of archon Aelius Onesiphoros, of the Aurelian Antoninian Cyzicenes, twice neocorate
Reverse design Caracalla standing left, holding patera over altar and sceptre, between two vexilla
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 40.84 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    G MacDonald 35 = SNG 1217
    Boston: 1975.358 SNG vA 1277
    ✸ CNG 87, 18 May 2011, lot 833
    Gorny & Mosch 112, 17 Oct. 2001, lot 4212 = Gorny & Mosch 58, 9 Apr. 1992, lot 795
    Lanz 50, 27 Nov. 1989, lot 706 = Müller 42, 24 June 1983, lot 385 = Rauch 29, 21 June 1982, lot 419
    Leu 48, 10 Mai 1989, lot 376