RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 92685)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 92685)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Gaius (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ Ϲ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Σεουῆρος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σ(εουῆρος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΓΑΙΟΥ ΕΝ ΜΟΝΙΔΕΙΑ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Γαΐου ἐν Μονιδεία Μαγνήτων Σιπύλου ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Γαΐου ἐν Μονιδεία Μαγνήτων Σιπύλου
Translation under strategos Marcus Aurelius Gaius, in Monideia, of the Magnesians of Sipylus
Reverse design inscription within a laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.38 g
Reference GRPCL 171; Hochard —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The reverse legend is discussed in Imhoof-Blumer, LS, pp. 90-1
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ Fischer 12, 15 May 2024, lot 117 = Fischer 11, 9 Nov. 2023, lot 10618 = Imhoof-Blumer, LS, no11