RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 72610)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 72610)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Reverses commemorating the Asclepian Games
Dating AD 214?
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγουστος
Translation Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΛΠΕΙΑ ϹΩΤΗΡΕΙΑ ΙϹΟΠΥΘΙΑ ΜΗΤΡ, ΑΝΚΥΡΑΣ
Edition Ἀσκληπεία Σωτηρεία Ἰσοπύθια μητροπόλεως Ἀνκύρας Ἀσκλ<η>πεία Σωτηρεία Ἰσοπύθια μητρ(οπόλεως) Ἀνκύρας
Translation the Asclepian Soteiran Isopythian (games), of the metropolis Ancyra
Reverse design athlete, nude, standing facing, putting hand in urn for drawing lots and holding palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.94 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ V: GR 19998 Robert, Hellenica 10-11, pl. 342 (rev. only)
    Savoca Coins Silver 167th Silver, 25 June 2023, lot 233