RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 81849)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 81849)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Blaundus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Alexandros (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνο(ς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with aegis and gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΒΛΑΥΝΔΕΩΝ ΜΑΚ ΕΠΙ ΤΙ ΚΛ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΑΡ Α ΤΟ Β
Edition Βλαυνδέων Μακ(εδόνων) ἐπὶ Τι(βερίου) Κλ(αυδίου) Ἀλεξάνδρου ἄρ(χοντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ
Translation of the Macedonian Blaundeans, under Tiberius Claudius Alexandros, first archon for the second time
Reverse design nude Heracles standing, right, brandishing club, placing left knee and left hand on Nemean lion seated, right, raising left forepaw
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.51 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 81–2; Mu 93; GRPCL 122
Specimens 15 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1897,0104.122 BMC 81
    L: 1874,0716.99 BMC 82
    P: 198
    C: McClean 8648
    Mu: 10a. Acc.26703 SNG 93
    NY: 1970.142.521
    O New College
    V: GR 34114
    Boston: 63.1210
    Freiburg: 11912
    CGT coll. = Naumann 77, 5 May 2019, lot 427
    CNG 97, 17 Sept. 2014, lot 473
    CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1726
    ✸ CNG Triton VII, 12 Jan. 2004, lot 753
    Naumann 63, 4 Mar. 2018, lot 739