RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 70185)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 70185)
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σ(εουῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with balteus and aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ Μ ΑΥΡ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Γαΐου Μαγνήτων Σιπύ(λου)
Translation under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Gaius, of the Magnesians at Sipylus
Reverse design on left, Amazon Magnesia in short chiton standing right,holding spear and pelta; on right, Cybele standing left, holding patera and tympanum; at her feet, left, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 26.64 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 172 var.; Hochard 1099
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: AA.GR.809