RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 70920)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 70920)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Attalianos (agonothetes and first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ, ΑΡΧ Α ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀτταλιανοῦ ἄρχοντος αʹ Σαϊττηνῶν ἐπὶ Ἀτταλιανοῦ ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Attalianos, first archon, of the Saittians
Reverse design Mên standing left, crescent at shoulders, holding pine cone and sceptr; below, two river gods (Hyllos and Hermos) reclining face to face, each holding reed and cornucopia, and resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.92 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference GRPCL 113; Hochard 1711
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1873,0702.22 BMC 46
— —     ✸ P: 1074
— —     P: 1073 Wa 5182
— —     NY: 1973.191.15
— —     V: GR 26104 Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 1531
— —     CNG EA 195, 10 Sept. 2008, lot 146
— —     Gorny & Mosch 113, 18 Oct. 2001, lot 5480 = Auctiones 17, 7 Jun. 1988, lot 352
— —     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 495 = Kölner 22, 4 May 1982, lot 443
— —     Naville Numismatics 16, 12 July 2015, lot 347
— —     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 29, 1 Mar. 2015, lot 427
— —     SNG vA 8249