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SNG KIKPE II 294 Pautalia
Inventory no: SNG KIKPE II 294

Class/status: City

Date: ca. 211-217 AD

Country: Bulgaria
Mint: Pautalia (Kyustendil)

Obverse: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC [around]. Laureate bust of Caracalla r., within dotted border.
Reverse: ΟVΛΠΙΑC ΠΑVΤΑΛΙΑ-C [around]. Nymph (or Gaia?) recumbent l., resting l. arm on urn from which water flows; above, child (genius) plucking grapes from a vine-tree, with the legend ΒΟΤΡV (bunch of grapes) behind; to l. another child carrying a sack, with the legend ΑΡΓV/ΡΟC (silver) above; to r. a third child seated, using a pan under the flowing water, with the legend ΧΡV/CΟC (gold) behind; in the exergue, a fourth child picking grain-ears, with the legend CΤΑΧV (grain-ear) behind; all within dotted border.

Production: struck

Coin, Bronze, 15,90 g, 29 mm, 1 h

Sitter:
Caracalla (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus)

Publications: SNG KIKPE II 294; Ruzicka 1933, 159, no. 634 var. (Χ/ΡV/CΟ/C), pl. VI,19; Imhoof-Blumer 1908, 163-164, no. 459 var. (same), pl. X,28; Varbanov 2005, II, no. 5174 var. (same); AMNG I.1, 342, n. 6.

Provenance: Classical Numismatic Group, e-Auction 331 (23.07.2014), lot 156.

Photographer Obverse: Leonidas Papadopoulos
Photographer Reverse: Leonidas Papadopoulos

Athen, KIKPE Foundation
Accession KNC16RP38 Year of access 2015 Zugangsart Schenkung

Recommended Quotation: KIKPE, SNG KIKPE II 294

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