RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 50181)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 50181)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year 20
Dating AD 211/12
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛ [ ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος --- Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλ(ιος) [---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius [---]
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription L Κ (?)
Edition ἔτους κʹ (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design emperor (?), semi-nude, standing left, holding sceptre and holding patera over altar; Sarapis standing left, raising right hand and holding sceptre
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.44 g
Reference E 2931 (1)
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Year uncertain. The obverse legend is characteristic of Caracalla, not Elagabalus. The semi-nude figure seems unlikely to be an emperor.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ Naville Numismatics 87, 11 Feb. 2024, lot 351 (Elagabalus)