RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 85251)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 85251)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Geminus (strategos)
Alliance with Pergamum
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) 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 front
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, ΕΠ ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΓΕΜΙΝΟΥ
Edition Σμυρναίων ὁμόνοια Περγαμηνῶν ἐπ(ὶ) στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Γεμίνου
Translation concord of the Smyrnaeans and Pergamenes, under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Geminus
Reverse design Amazon Smyrna, turreted, standing right, holding double axe on shoulder, with prow of ship at her feet, clasping hands with Tyche of Pergamum, turreted, standing left, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 35.47 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 305; Klose LXXXIII; Franke & Nollé 2132
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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