RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 70923)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 70923)
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 ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
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 Σοσ(σίου) Χαρίκλεους ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Sossios Charikles, first archon for the second time, of the Saittaeans
Reverse design Heracles standing facing, head right, holding club and lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.93 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference GRPCL 115; Hochard 1714; Amandry Saittai A.IV.6
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

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Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: M 4549
    V: GR 37024 GRPCL Tralles 301 ('Elagabalus, Tralles')
    Manisa: 17152
    Aquila Numismatics 15, 6 July 2024, lot 551
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 307
    Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 148