RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 70110)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 70110)
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Dating AD 215/17
Obverse inscription CMC N AVS ANTONIMVS PIVS AV GER (sic)
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus Germanicus {c}<I>m(perator) C(aesar) {N}<M>(arcus) Au{s}<r>(elius) Antoni{m}<n>us Pius Au(gustus) Ger(manicus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ANTONINE APVTHI A LV COLIT MRO IIII (sic)
Edition Antonineana Pythia Laudicia colonia et metropolis IIII Antoninea(na) Pythia L<a>u(dicia) col(onia) {i}[e]t m<et>ro(polis) IIII
Translation Antonine Pythian (games), Laodicea, colony and 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 29 mm
Average weight 15.06 g
Axis 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 90; Meyer, Laodikeia 128–129
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1848,0626.1 BMC 90 = Meyer, Laodikeia 128.2
    P: Y 23879.174 Meyer, Laodikeia 128.1
    P: 1225 Meyer, Laodikeia 129.1 (corr. obv. legend)
    NY: 1944.100.51970 Meyer, Laodikeia 128.3
    ✸ V: GR 22354
    Yale: 2001.87.10646
    CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 108