RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 72009) (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 72009) (forgery)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ
Edition Μητροπόλεως Ἀγκυρανῶν Μητροπόλεως Ἀγκυρανῶν
Translation of the metropolis of the Ancyrans
Reverse design Emperor riding on horse, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.30 g
Axis 8
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The very strange look of the coin and the very unusual form of the ethnic (- ΑΝΩΝ not ΑϹ) suggest that the coin has been altered from something else. The type is not otherwise known at Ancyra.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ CNG EA 258, 22 June 2011, lot 269