RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 72563)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 72563)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla (Augustus), and Geta (Augustus)
Dating AD 209/11
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ
Edition Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγουστος
Translation Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ
Edition Ἀγκύρας
Translation of Ancyra
Reverse design Ancyra standing right, holding anchor and patera, facing Tyche standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; between, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 17.21 g
Axis 1
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The two figures are the same, except one has an anchor and the other a cornucopia. Presumably therefore one is to be identified as Ancyra, the personification of the city, and the other as Tyche = Fortuna. Thus, the 'Tyche' figure on other types, when she is holding an anchor, should perhaps also be described as Ancyra. A more traditional identification would be Homonoia. See especially https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/72668 (same obv. die).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG EA 356, 29 July 2015, lot 318 ('Fortuna and Concordia')