RPC V.2, — (unassigned; ID 946)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.2
Number — (unassigned; ID 946)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Troas
City Scepsis
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΙΔΗ, ϹΚΗΨΙΩΝ ΔΑΡΔΑ
Edition Εἶδη Σκηψίων Δαρδα(νίων)
Translation Ida, of the Dardanian Scepsians
Reverse design Judgement of Paris on Mount Ida: to left, Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite standing; at feet of Aphrodite; to right, Eros standing left, foot on rock; above, Ida reclining against a tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 26.12 g
Axis 1, 5, 12
Reference IB, Nymphen 473
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: 889
    F. Jarman coll.
    Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 836 = MMAG 13, 17 June 1954, lot 885