RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 73069)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 73069)
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 ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(υῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Γ, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀν(τωνίνου) Ῥοῦφου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ γʹ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under Antoninus Rufus, first archon for the third time, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design three temples with four columns, each enclosing statue standing (the middle one being Kore of Sardis); above each temple, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.49 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 2007, GRPLC 511
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: 1268
    Cop SNG 532
    O: Christ Church
    ✸ Emporium 37, 22 May 1997, lot 627