RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 70106)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 70106)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Dating AD 215/17
Obverse inscription M AVBEL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG P B C MAX
Edition Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus Parthicus Britannicus Germanicus Maximus M(arcus) Au{b}<r>el(ius) Antoninus Pius Aug(ustus) P(arthicus) B(ritannicus) {C}<G>(ermanicus) Max(imus)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus Parthicus Britannicus Germanicus Maximus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ANTONINIANA PYTI LAV COL METRO IIII
Edition Antoniniana Pythia Laudicia colonia metropolis IIII Antoniniana Pyt<h>i(a) Lau(dicia) col(onia) metro(polis) IIII
Translation Antoninian Pythian (games), Laodicea, colony, metropolis of the 4 provinces
Reverse design two centaurs, each wearing chlamys, standing facing each other, supporting between them agonistic urn containing apples; hydria below
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.16 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG Cop 366; Meyer, Laodikeia 115–116, 119, 122
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1595A
    P: Y 25048.1224 Meyer, Laodikeia 115.1
    P: Y 23879.173 Meyer, Laodikeia 115.2
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1595 Meyer, Laodikeia 115.4
    B: 1853 Rauch (18257926) Meyer, Laodikeia 115.5
    B: 8110 Meyer, Laodikeia 115.3
    Cop SNG 366 = Meyer, Laodikeia 115.6
    ✸ CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 644 = Meyer, Laodikeia 122.1 = Sternberg XI, 20 Nov. 1981, lot 394
    CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 238
    Lindgren 2093 = Meyer, Laodikeia 119.1