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Æ34 - Caracalla ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΠΕΛΛΟΥ Β ΜΕΝΕΜΑΧΟΥ, ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΩΝ
| Issuer | Mytilene (Lesbos), Greek Imperial mint under Roman administration |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC V.2#29242 |
| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Caracalla facing right, portrayed with youthful features and rendered in the provincial Greek Imperial style. The emperor's effigy is shown with a laurel wreath crowning his head, a paludamentum draped over the left shoulder, and visible cuirass detailing at the truncation. The encircling Greek legend runs along the border of the coin, framed by a beaded or dotted inner border. The portrait displays the characteristic vigorous modelling typical of Severan-period provincial bronzes from Asia Minor. |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Julia Domna facing right, her hair elaborately coiffed in the distinctive Severan fashion with ridged waves drawn back to a large bun at the nape of the neck. The empress is depicted wearing a chiton with visible drapery folds at the truncation, rendered in the refined portraiture style characteristic of the Mytilenean mint. A beaded border frames the field, with the magistrate's dedicatory legend distributed around the periphery. The reverse identifies the issuing authority through the name of the local strategos Apelles, grandson of Menemachos, situating the coin firmly within the civic coinage tradition of Mytilene on Lesbos. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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