RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 86974)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 86974)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Lebedus
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius, son of Apollonios (strategos)
Issue Group 1
Dating AD 203–5
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΛΟΥΚΙΟΥ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΙΝΙΟΥ, ΛΕΒΕΔΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Λουκίου Ἀπολλωνίου Λεβεδίων
Translation under the strategos Lucius Apollonios, of the Lebedians
Reverse design Athena Promachos facing, brandishing spear in right hand and holding an owl or spindle? in left hand; at her feet, shield. On the right side, a standing draped male figure (emperor or local hero?), turned left, holding long sceptre in left hand and a plant offering? in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 22.41 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ Leu WA 25, 12 March 2023, lot 1543