Æ42 - Caracalla ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΚΑΙΡΕΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Features
| Issuer |
City of Pergamum
(Conventus of Pergamum)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 198-217 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 41.47 g |
| Diameter | 42 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 498637 |
| References | RPC Online V.2# 37 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.2 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Bithynia-Pontus and Asia. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press. |
Obverse
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Lettering: ΑΥΤΚΡΑΤ Κ Μ(ΑΡΚΟϹ) ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Reverse
Caracalla, togate, standing right, holding patera and roll, facing temple seen from front enclosing Asclepius (as Caracalla) seated left, holding serpent and sceptre; between them, victimarius standing right, holding mallet, striking humped bull standing left
Lettering: ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΚΑΙΡΕΛ ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Μᾶρκου Καίρελλίου Ἀττάλου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation: under strategos Marcus Caerellius Attalus, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Mint
Pergamum, Mysia, modern-day Bergama, TurkeyComments
SNG France 2245–7
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (198-217) | |||||||||||||||
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