RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 73195)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 73195)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Claudius Mithres (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σευῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος 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 Γ ΚΛ ΜΙΘΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΟΝ Α, ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ Β ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Γάϊου Κλαυδίου Μίθρου ἄρχοντος αʹ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ Γ(άϊου) Κλ(αυδίου) Μίθρου ἄρχον(τος) αʹ Σαρδιανῶν βʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under Gaius Claudius Mithres, first archon, of the Sardians, twice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles, laureate, standing right, lion skin over shoulders, holding club and bow, facing Dionysus standing left, chlamys over shoulders, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.53 g
Axis 6
Reference Hochard 2014, GRPCL 500
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)

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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    P: 1264
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.49448
    Tire SNG 479
    V-ON Leypold 1227
    CGT coll.
    CGT coll.
    Goldberg 98, 6 June 2017, lot 2255
    Kölner Münzkabinett 107, 7 Oct. 2017, lot 163
    Leu WA 31, 7 Sep. 2024, lot 849