RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 70922)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 70922)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Sossios Charikles (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖν(ος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΟϹ ΧΑΡΙΚΛΕΟΥϹ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β, ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Σοσσίου Χαρίκλεους ἄρχοντος αʹ τὸ βʹ Σαϊττηνῶν ἐπὶ Σοσ(σίου) Χαρίκλεους ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Sossios Charikles, first archon for the second time, of the Saittaeans
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus standing, facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.68 g
Axis 6
Reference GRPCL 116; Hochard 1713; Amandry Saittai A.IV.5
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: 1077
    Gorny & Mosch 191, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 1807
    ✸ Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 1010 = M&M GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, lot 245 = Baldwin’s The New York Sale XI, 11 Jan. 2006, lot 204 = Münz & Med. 41, 1970, lot 432