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Æ28 - Caracalla ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ

Features

Issuer Ancyra (Galatia)
Emperor Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 198-217
Composition Bronze
Weight 14.46 g
Diameter 28 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
509745
References RPC Online V.3# 72565
British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 5.3 From Pertinax to Macrinus (AD 193–218): Lycia-Pamphylia to Egypt. British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Laureate head of Caracalla, left

Lettering: ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ

Translation: Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Demeter, holding torches, in chariot pulled by two winged serpents, left

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΜΗΤΡΟΠ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ

Unabridged legend: Μητροπόλεως Ἀνκύρας

Translation: of the metropolis of Ancyra

Mint

Ancyra, Galatia, modern-day Ankara, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (198-217) 

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