RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 73054)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 73054)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Antonius Rufus (first archon for the third time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Γ, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀν(τωνίου) Ῥούφου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ γʹ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under Antonius Rufus, first archon for the third time, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles facing, head right, lion skin over shoulders, holding cantharus and club, with bow and quiver at feet, facing Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.12 g
Axis 4, 6
Reference Hochard 2004, GRPLC 505
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1883,0514.8 BMC 167
    B Kraft, p. 138, Taf. 29.5b
    NY: 1984.65.157
    Harvard: 1984.811.27 = Waddell 1, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 300
    Tübingen SNG 3821
    V-ON Leypold 1228
    C. Rhodes coll.
    Eid Mar Auctions 4, 15 Sep 2024, lot 308
    ✸ Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 472