RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 76932)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 76932)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Bruzus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Pollio (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΑΡ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μᾶρ(κος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla (?), right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΒΡΟΥΖΗΝ ΕΠΙ ΠΩΛΛΙΩΝΟϹ, ΑΡΧ
Edition Βρουζηνῶν ἐπὶ Πωλλίωνος ἄρχοντος Βρουζην(ῶν) ἐπὶ Πωλλίωνος ἄρχ(οντος)
Translation of the Bruzians, under Pollio archon
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.30 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Probably Caracalla, since the portrait is very similar to that of Geta. There are no other coins which can be attributed to Elagabalus.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1975,0411.145
— —     Naumann 65, 6 May 2018, lot 378
— —     ✸ Peus 374, 23 Apr. 2003, lot 884 ('Elagabalus')