RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 73368)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 73368)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Pessinus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Issue 1
Dating AD 198/209
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντώνιος Αὔγουστος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντών(ιος) Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΠΕϹϹΙΝΟΥΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Πεσσινουντίων Πεσσινουντίων
Translation of the Pessinuntians
Reverse design Cybele seated left, holding Nike (?) and sceptre; on either side, lion
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.07 g
Axis 1
Reference BMC 23, Devreker 130
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note 'Nike (?)'was suggested by BMC (followed by Devreker), but it does not look much like Nike. She normally holds a patera or a drum/tympanum.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: 1844,0425.380 BMC 23 = Devreker 130