RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 72905)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 72905)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Abydus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΛΕΥΚΟΥ[Λ]ΛΟϹ, ΑΒΥΔΗΝΩ[Ν]
Edition Λεύκουλλος Ἀβυδηνῶν
Translation Lucullus, of the Abydenians
Reverse design Alexander the Great standing right, head left, at prow of galley right, holding spear and extending right hand, with two soldiers behind him and bust of Athena on acrostolium of galley; on another galley, Athena seated right, holding spear and shield; on the left, herald blowing trumpet on tower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 30.83 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note According to F. Imhoof-Blumer (Nomisma 5 (1910), p. 31, no 23), the correct reading for the reverse legend is ΛƐΥ-ΚΟΥ[Λ]ΛΟϹ (Λούκουλλος/Lucullus).
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ V: GR 16578