RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 72493)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 72493)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Heraclea Pontica
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue SS/Caracalla
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΗΡΑΚΛΗΑϹ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Edition Ἡρακλήας ἐν Πόντῳ Ἡρακλήας ἐν Πόντῳ
Translation of Heraclea in Pontus
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head left, holding patera over lighted altar in his right hand, his left resting on long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 24.09 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 127–8
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Note Rec 127 (BMC 46) is a tri metallic medallion made of zinc, copper and silver

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1871,1202.3 BMC 46 and Pl. XXX, 13
    P: 660 (M 6159) Rec 128 and pl. LIX, 15
    NY: 1953.171.462