RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 73032)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 73032)
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 and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with aegis
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΚΟΡ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΥ ΑϹΙΑΡΧ Δ, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Κορνηλίου Οὐεττηνιανοῦ ἀσιάρχου δʹ Σαρδιανῶν δίς νεωκόρων ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Κορ(νηλίου) Οὐεττηνιανοῦ ἀσιάρχ(ου) δʹ Σαρδιανῶν δίς νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Cornelius Vettenianus, asiarch for the fourth time, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Hades driving galloping quadriga right, carrying Persephone; beneath horses, overturned vase and serpent right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 34.63 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 1996, GRPLC 520
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: 1260A
    ✸ Boston: 1987.304
    SNG vA 3158