RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 73031)

 

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Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 73031)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Cornelius Vettenianus (strategos and asiarch four times)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΟΡ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ Δ, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΑϹΙΑϹ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Κορνηλίου Οὐεττηνιανοῦ ἀσιάρχου δʹ Σαρδιανῶν δίς νεωκόρων μητροπόλεως Ἀσίας ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Κορ(νηλίου) Οὐεττηνιανοῦ ἀσιάρχ(ου) δʹ Σαρδιανῶν δίς νεωκόρων μητροπόλεως Ἀσίας
Translation under strategos Cornelius Vettenianus, asiarch, four times, of the Sardians, twice neocorate, metropolis of Asia
Reverse design two temples with five columns facing each other, seen from a three-quarter view; above each, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 46 mm
Average weight 43.49 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 1995, GRPLC 521
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     C SNG 4885
— —     Boston: 1982.424
— —     ✸ Bertolami 6, 10 Dec. 2012, lot 1053