RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 71983)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 71983)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Reverses commemorating the Asclepian Games
Dating AD 214?
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος
Translation Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, left, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΗΠΕΙΑ ϹΩΤΗΡΕΙΑ ΙϹΟΠ[ΥΘΙΑ], ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ ΜΗΤΡΟ
Edition Ἀσκ<λ>ηπεία Σωτηρεία Ἰσοπύθια Ἀνκύρας μητρο(πόλεως)
Translation the Asclepian Soterian Isopythian (games), of the metropolis Ancyra
Reverse design three nude athletes standing around urn; two hold up lots and the other a palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 18.30 g
Axis 2
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Roma Numismatics EA 44, 3 Mar. 2018, lot 444
    VCoins Athena