RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 73563)

 

 

Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 73563)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Reverses commemorating the Asclepian Games
Dating AD 214?
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΠΙΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Ἀντωνῖνος Πίος Αὔγουστος Ἀντωνῖνος Πίος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Antoninus Pius Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΑϹΚΛΗ[ΠΙΑ ϹΩΤΗΡΙΑ ΙϹΟ]ΠΥΘΙΑ ΜΗΤΡ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ, ΙΕΡΟϹ ΑΓΩΝ
Edition Ἀσκληπία Σωτηρία Ἰσοπύθια μητροπόλεως Ἀνκύρας ἱερὸς ἀγών Ἀσκληπία Σωτηρία Ἰσοπύθια μητρ(οπόλεως) Ἀνκύρας ἱερὸς ἀγών
Translation the Asclepian Soteiran Isopythian (games), of the metropolis Ancyra, sacred contest
Reverse design athlete, semi-nude, seated left, holding out palm, and resting arm on throne; to left, urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Reference GRMK p. 228, no. 7
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note "Sitzender jugendlicher Agon mit nackten Oberkörper linkshin, Palmzweig in der Rechten, die Linke aufden Sitz gestützt, and dem [ΙΕΡ]ΟⳞ in zweiZeilen geschrieben steht; vor dem Gotte ΑΓΩΝ, zu dessen Füssen Vase." Slightly different from the similar types.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     I-B = GRMK p. 228, no. 7