RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 748)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 748)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Alexandria
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Style 1
Obverse inscription M AV ANTONINVS
Edition Marcus Aurelius Antoninus M(arcus) Au(relius) Antoninus
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription COL AV TROAD
Edition coloniae Augustae Troadis col(oniae) Au(gustae) Troad(is)
Translation of the Augustan colony of the Troad
Reverse design in centre; herdsman (Ordes) advancing left, raising arm, carrying pedum; to left, cult statue of Apollo Smintheus standing on the top of a cave housing a sacred spring, right, with quiver on shoulder, holding bow and patera; to right, bull(?) jumping, right, head, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.60 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 94
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1859,1219.186 BMC 94
    Solidus Online 6, 19 July 2015, lot 194