RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 77904)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 77904)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Issue 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝ(Ε)ΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΟΥΗΡΕΙΑ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Σεουήρεια Φιλαδέλφεια Νικαιέων
Translation the Severan Philadelphian games, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design agonistic table on which two agonistic crowns and a purse (?); below, amphora with two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.23 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Rec —
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    NY: 1953.171.704
    NY: 1944.100.42198 Cahn 60, 1928, lot 1344
    CNG EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, lot 347
    ✸ R. Effler coll. (ex Aquila Numismatics 5, 25 Sept. 2022, lot 343)