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 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
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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L BMC 42
— —     B: C.R. Fox 1873
— —     CGT coll.
— —     Vente Drouot, 1867, lot 1741