RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 71984)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 71984)
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 head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛ(ΕΩϹ) ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ, ΙϹΟΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Ἀνκύρας Ἰσοπύθια
Translation of the metropolis Ancyra, Isopythia
Reverse design table of four legs on which prize crown with palm branch; below, apples
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.52 g
Axis 6, 7
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Note This seems to be a larger denomination: two specimens are recorded as having a diameter of 35mm

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    B: 18224222, I-B
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.51938
    Hirsch 343, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 2708
    Leu EA 3, 25 Feb. 2018, lot 684
    Peus 386, 26 Apr. 2006, lot 793 = Inasta 44, 19 May 2012, lot 320 = Bertolami 6, 10 Dec. 2012, lot 1051