RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 765)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 765)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lesbus
City Mytilene
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΠΕΛΛΟΥ Β ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟΥ, ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Ἀπέλλους βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Ἀπέλλου(ς) βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων
Translation under strategos Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design Caracalla in military dress standing left, crownded by Nike standing left, holding palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.41 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     P: 359
— —     ✸ V: GR 17005