RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 73885)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 73885)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Olbasa
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M AVR ANTONINVM AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesarem) M(arcum) Aur(elium) Antoninum Aug(ustum)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla (bearded), right
Reverse inscription C IVL AVG I C (or F?) OLBASENOR
Edition C(olonia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Olbasenor(um)
Translation the colony Julia Augusta I C(?) of the Olbasans
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing veiled goddess, standing facing, holding apple (?) and Eros (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.76 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Olbasa 16
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note vA identifies the goddess as Aphrodite. Hence the apple and Eros (which looks quite like a Nike).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ B vA Olbasa pl. 2, 16
— —     Afyon Ashton, Pisidia 92