RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 835)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 835)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Eumenea
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Rufinus (high priest of the imperial cult and asiarch and first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΕΡ ΑϹΙΑΡΧΟΥ, ΑΡΧ Α, ΕΥΜΕΝΕΩΝ ΑΧΑΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείου ἀρχιερ(έως) ἀσιάρχου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Εὐμενέων Ἀχαιῶν
Translation under Aurelius Rufinus, high priest, asiarch, first archon, of the Achaean Eumeneans
Reverse design temple with six columns enclosing cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing facing, wearing kalathos, with supports
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 30.54 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ L: 1977,0209.1
    CGB MBS 45, 14 Oct. 2010, lot 438 (cf. BSFN 2010, 65.2, pp. 41-42)