RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 70180)

 

Image of specimen #—

 

Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 70180)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Gaius (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ Ϲ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σ(εουῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Γαΐου Μαγνήτων Σιπύλου ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Γαΐου Μαγνήτων Σιπύλου
Translation under strategos Marcus Aurelius Gaius, of the Magnesians at Sipylus
Reverse design Cybele standing left, wearing kalathos, holding patera and tympanum, in biga drawn by two lions, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.99 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 65; GRPCL 170; Hochard 1096
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L BMC 65
    ✸ V: GR 19472