Assarion - Caracalla ΓЄΡMANIKOΠOΛIC - ЄT C/ΔI

Features

Issuer	Gangra-Germanicopolis (Galatia)
Emperor	Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	208-209
Value	Assarion (0.1)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Oryszalk
Weight	3.88 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 403992
References	RPC Online V.3# 71368 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

Popiersie Karakalli w promienistym płaszczu i z draperią po prawej, widziane od tyłu. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: AY KAI M A ANTΩNЄINOC

Reverse

Karakalla na koniu w prawo, trzymający włócznię w prawej ręce. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΓЄΡMANIKOΠOΛIC - ЄT C
ΔI

Mint

Germanicopolis, Cilica Trachea, modern-day Ermenek, Turkey

Comments

(en)

What makes this coin particularly interesting is the use of the nominative singular ΓЄΡMANIKOΠOΛIC (= 'Germanicopolis') in the ethnic rather than the usual genitive plural ΓЄΡMANIKOΠOΛЄITΩN (= '[coin] of the people of Germanicopolis')

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (208-209)

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