URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/850
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Volume
V.2
Number
— (unassigned; ID 850)
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Pergamum
Region
Lesbus
City
Mytilene
Reign
Caracalla
Person (obv.)
Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate
Aurelius Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos (strategos)
Obverse inscription
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕ ΙΝΟϹ
Edition
Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation
Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, left, seen from rear, holding spear in right hand (pointed forward) and shield on left shoulder (decorated with gorgoneion)
Reverse inscription
Ε ΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΠΕ ΛΛΟΥ Β ΜΕ ΝΕ ΜΑΧΟΥ ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition
ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀπελλοῦ βʹ Μενεμάχου Μυτιληναίων
Translation
under strategos Aurelius Apelles II, grandson of Menemachos, of the Mytileneans
Reverse design
Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; at her feet, dog
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
36 mm
Average weight
24.78 g
Axis
6
Specimens
1 (1 in the core collections)