RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 73193)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 73193)
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)
Alliance with Ephesus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σευ(ῆρος) 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 ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀν(τωνίνου) Ῥούφου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ γʹ Σαρδιανῶν Ἐφεσίων ὁμòνοια
Translation under Antoninus Rufus, first archon for the third time, of the Sardians, and the Ephesians, concord
Reverse design Kore of Sardis between ear of corn and poppy, and Artemis Ephesia between two stags
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.29 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 2011, GRPLC 532
Specimens 11 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1979,0101.2044
    L BMC 215
    L BMC 216
    G SNG 1976
    NY: 1984.65.166
    Bern Righetti 1092
    CNG EA 237, 21 July 2010, lot 87
    ✸ CNG EA 464, 25 Mar. 2020, lot 485 = Noble 121, 30 July 2019, lot 4799 = CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 816
    CNG EA 467, 6 May 2020, lot 273
    Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 11, 29 Dec. 2013, lot 421
    Saint Paul 10, 2 Sep. 2017, lot 246