RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 73033)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 73033)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Cornelius Vettenianus (strategos and asiarch four times)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΚΟΡ ΟΥΕΤΤΗΝΙΑΝΟΥ, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Κορνηλίου Οὐεττηνιανοῦ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Κορ(νηλίου) Οὐεττηνιανοῦ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Cornelius Vettenianus, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Caracalla on horseback galloping right, holding spear; below the horse, bound captive
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.82 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Hochard 1997, GRPLC 519
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     Cop SNG 531
— —     ✸ V: GR 36111 Kraft p. 172 & Taf. 70.58a
— —     Leu EA 9, 7 Sept. 2019, lot 706
— —     SNG vA 3159