RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 700)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 700)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Caerellius Attalos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΚΡΑΤ Κ ΜΑΡΚΟϹ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μᾶρκος Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΚΑΙΡΕΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(ᾶρκου) Καίρελ(λίου) Ἀττάλου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under the strategos Marcus Caerellius Attalus, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design Caracalla, togate, standing left, holding patera and roll, facing temple with six columns enclosing Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent-staff; between them, victimarius standing left, holding mallet, striking humped bull standing right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 44.29 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 325
Specimens 12 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1852,0518.1 BMC 325
    V: GR 16491
    V: GR 34063
    Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 5, 14 May 2012, lot 613
    CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 959
    iNumis, 14 Dec. 2010, lot 70
    La Galerie Numismatique B. Stambulin 9, 14 Jan. 2007, lot 540
    MMAG 13, 17 June 1954, lot 884
    NAC 11, 30 Apr. 1998, lot 2079
    Peus 360, 24 Apr. 1999, lot 616
    Peus 386, 26 Apr. 2006, lot 798 = Rauch 73, 17 May 2004, lot 450
    Rauch 75, 6 May 2005, lot 183