RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 72)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 72)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Aelius Pigres (asiarch for the third time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Λ ΑΙΛ ΠΙΓΡΗΤΟϹ ΑϹΙΑΡ Γ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ, ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αἴλ(ιος) Πιγρητος ἀσιάρ(χης) γ' ἀνέθηκεν Λαοδικέων νεωκόρων
Translation Lucius Aelius Pigres, asiarch for the third time, dedicated (this) for the Laodiceans, neocorate
Reverse design enclosed building with, at the far end, a temple of two columns in front of which Caracalla is standing right, raising a crown, in front of numerous citizens; the figures on the left are soldiers with shield and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Average weight 42.70 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 227
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     L BMC 227
— —     P: 1690
— —     P: 1689
— —     P: 1688 Wa 7072
— —     B: 18223694
— —     ✸ B: 18202093, 1845/5182
— —     Boston: 1971.45
— —     Verona: 72753 SNG 1761
— —     CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 792
— —     Hirsch 13, 1905, lot 4141
— —     Hoppensteadt coll. = Berck fixed price listing 2024 = Harmer Rooke Auction 25, Oct.1986
— —     Leu and M&M AG, 1966, lot 639 (= W. Niggeler coll., 2)