Æ40 - Caracalla ΕΠΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟϹ, ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ

Features

Issuer	Hadrianeia (Conventus of Adramyteum)
Emperor	Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	198-217
Composition	Bronze
Weight	34.67 g
Diameter	40 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 539623
References	RPC Online V.2# 218 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, holding sceptre with left hand

Lettering: ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ

Translation: Antoninus Augustus

Reverse

Hermes, nude, standing left, holding purse and caduceus; in the background, on the right, ram standing left; on the left, tree with large fruits and river god (Rhyndacus) reclining right, holding reed, resting on water urn

Lettering: ΕΠΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΚΑΠΙΤΩΝΟϹ, ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ

Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου Καπίτωνος Ἁδριανέων

Translation: under Claudius Capito, of the Hadrianeians

Mint

Hadrianeia, Mysia, Turkey

Comments

von Fritze 465

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (198-217)

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