Æ35 - Caracalla ΕΠΙ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ, ΑΡΧ Α ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Features
| Issuer |
Saitta
(Conventus of Sardis)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 198-217 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 21.92 g |
| Diameter | 35 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 500408 |
| References | RPC Online V.2# 70920 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, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Lettering: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Unabridged legend: Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation: Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Reverse
Mên standing left, crescent at shoulders, holding pine cone and sceptr; below, two river gods (Hyllos and Hermos) reclining face to face, each holding reed and cornucopia, and resting on water urn
Lettering: ΕΠΙ ΑΤΤΑΛΙΑΝΟΥ, ΑΡΧ Α ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ Ἀτταλιανοῦ ἄρχοντος αʹ Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation: under Attalianos, first archon, of the Saittians
Mint
Saitta, Lydia, TurkeyComments
GRPCL 113; Hochard 1711
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (198-217) | |||||||||||||||
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