RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 72779)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 72779)
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 and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕ(ΩϹ) ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ, ΑϹΚΛΗΠΕΙΑ ϹΩΤΗΡΕΙΑ ΙϹΟΠΥΘΙΑ
Edition μητροπόλεως Ἀνκύρας Ἀσκληπεία Σωτηρεία Ἰσοπύθια μητροπόλεως Ἀνκύρας Ἀσκληπεία Σωτηρεία Ἰσοπύθια
Translation of the metropolis Ancyra, the Asclepian Soterian Isopythian (games)
Reverse design stele enclosing inscription; prize crown in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.65 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1973.191.154
— —     V: GR 20005
— —     Freiburg: 12620
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— —     Roma Numismatics EA 114, 23 Nov. 2023, lot 773
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