RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 72063)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 72063)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Reverses commemorating the Asclepian Games
Dating AD 214?
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ(ϹΤΟϹ)
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος
Translation Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠ(Ο) ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ ΙϹΟΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition μητροπόλεως Ἀνκύρας Ἰσοπύθια μητροπό(λεως) Ἀνκύρας Ἰσοπύθια
Translation of the metropolis Ancyra, Isopythian (games)
Reverse design prize crown with palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.80 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Arslan 31 = Arslan 1997, 101 = Arslan, CGK 150
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Note Perhaps two separate issues: style of /3 is very different.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 149 SNG 2515
— —     P: 150 SNG 2516
— —     Ankara: 1301-74 Arslan 31 = Arslan 1997, 101 = Arslan, CGK 150
— —     Ankara: 1274-1020 Arslan, CGK 151
— —     Ankara: 14-25/3-2000 Arslan, CGK 152
— —     CNG EA 503, 3 Nov. 2021, lot 303
— —     Concordia Numismatic 13, 9 Mar. 2024, lot 450 = Biga Numismatics EA 38, 27 June 2025, lot 294 = SPQR 13, 14 April 2026, lot 234
— —     ✸ Damaris 2, 23 July 2022, lot 651
— —     SPQR 13, 14 April 2026, lot 234