Assarion - Caracalla ΓЄΡMANIKOΠOΛIC - ЄT C/ΔI

Features

Issuer	Gangra-Germanicopolis (Galatia)
İmparator	Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (198-217)
Type	Standart tedavül madenî paralar
Yıllar	208-209
Value	Assarion (0.1)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Orikalkum
Ağırlık	3.88 g
Diameter	20 mm
Şekil	Yuvarlak (düzensiz)
Technique	Dövme
Orientation	Para Hizalaması ↑↓
Demonetized	Evet
Numara	N# 403992
Referanslar	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

(en) Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind.

Script: Yunanca

Lettering: AY KAI M A ANTΩNЄINOC

Reverse

(en) Caracalla on hoseback to right, holding spear in his right hand.

Script: Yunanca

Lettering:
ΓЄΡMANIKOΠOΛIC - ЄT C
ΔI

Mint

Germanicopolis, Cilica Trachea, modern-day Ermenek, Türkiye

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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