Arslan citation needed

[Tom Mullally]

I have another that appears to be unpublished but may be in a new work which I don't yet own.

M. Arslan, Galatya Krallığı ve Roma dönemi Ankyra şehir sikkeleri - The Coins of Galatian Kingdom and the Roman Coinage of Ancyra in Galatia (Ankara, 2004)

Galatia, Ankyra. Caracalla. A.D. 198-217. AE 24 (23.8 mm, 8.90 g, 1 h). ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, seen from behind / ACKΛH CΩTH ICOΠV, ANKVPAC MHT, agonistic prize crown containing two palm fronds; five apples above. Unpublished in standard references. See SNG France 2496 for similar reverse legend. Black patina with earthen highlights. VF.

Thanks again for your help,

Tom

[Tom Mullally]

*BUMP* Curtis Clay?

[curtislclay]

Not in Arslan, as far as I can see. The closest is Arslan 153, probably a die match with Paris 2496 that you cite, in better condition (VF).

That doesn't mean the coin was unknown to Arslan, however. His book is not a corpus, just a catalogue with every coin described and illustrated of the Ancyran holdings of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ancyra, Berlin, Munich, and coll. P.R. Franke.

[Tom Mullally]

Hi Curtis,

Thank you for the clarification.  I'll have to wait until this volume of RPC comes out (hopefully next year) and add it.

Thanks,
Tom

[Tom Mullally]

Could I impose on you for one more Aslan citation?  (It's not the prettiest coin, I admit, but it does seem to be rare.)

Galatia, Ankyra. Caracalla. A.D. 198-217. AE 24 (23.8 mm, 8.72 g, 1 h). ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOY, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right, seen from behind / MHTPOΠOΛE ANKYPAC / ICOΠYΘIA, AΓΩN, agonistic prize crown containing palm frond and five balls, inscribed. BMC 26; SNG France 2515-16 var. (crown not inscribed). Black patina with earthen highlights, scratches on obverse. Fine.

Thanks again,
Tom

[curtislclay]

Arslan B88 (Berlin coll.) is like yours but obv. legend is ANTΩNIN - OC ΠIOC AVΓ.

Are you sure yours shows ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOY?

[Tom Mullally]

Thanks again.  No, I'm not certain of the obverse legend.  I'll trust Arslan's legends over my own.

Thanks,
Tom