RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 797)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 797)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Lesbus
City Methymna
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Phaidros (strategos)
Obverse inscription [ΑΥΤ Κ] Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription [ ] ΦΑΙΔΡΟΥ [ ] ΜΗΘΥΜΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition --- Φαΐδρου --- Μηθυμναίων [---] Φαΐδρου [---] Μηθυμναίων
Translation [---] of Phaidros [---] of the Methymnians
Reverse design Dionysus standing right, holding sceptre, in a biga drawn by two panthers, right, preceded by Maenad standing facing; on the left, satyr standing right; in the background, satyr holding pedum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.96 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 42; Franke, Methymna 23
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L BMC 42
— —     B: C.R. Fox 1873
— —     CGT coll.
— —     Vente Drouot, 1867, lot 1741