RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 77982)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 77982)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Issue 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος Αὔγου(στος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΟΥΗΡΕΙΑ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑ ΤΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΑ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, ΙΕΡΟϹ ΑΓΩΝ (on crown)
Edition Σεουήρεια Φιλαδέλφεια τὰ μεγάλα Νικαιέων ἱερὸς ἀγών
Translation the Great Severan Philadelphian games of the Nicaeans, sacred contest
Reverse design agonistic crown containing two palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 27.92 g
Reference Rec —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG Triton XVI, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 694 (ex CNG Triton VII, 12 Jan. 2004, lot 746)