RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 78427)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 78427)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Adramyteum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcianus II, grandson of Menemachos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΥ Β ΑΔΡΑΜΥΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μαρκιανοῦ βʹ Ἀδραμυτηνῶν
Translation under strategos Marcianus II, of the Adramyteans
Reverse design Demeter standing, facing, head, left, holding long torch; to left, column with basket containing poppy and ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.46 g
Axis 6
Reference von Fritze 130; Barth 202
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18221309, 1911/548
— —     Turin Barth 202c
— —     coll. Plankenhorn; Barth 202d = Plankenhorn 68
— —     ✸ Pandora Numismatics 9, 12–13 Oct. 2024, lot 478