RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 66408)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 66408)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Severus year 14
Dating AD 206
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η) ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head (unbearded) of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡ(Ο) ΚΑΙϹ(Α)(Ρ)(Ι)(Α) (ΝΕ[Ω]) ΕΤ ΙΔ
Edition μητρο(πόλεως) Καισαρία(ς) νεω(κόρου) ἔτ(ους) ιδʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, neocorate, year 14
Reverse design Mount Argaeus, surmounted by star; (in right field, crescent)
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.80 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference S 474, 474a-b; Ganschow 561–562
Specimens 17 (5 in the core collections)
Note The coins show Caracalla with no beard. Coins of year 14 which show his with a beard belong to the period after the death of Severus: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/66536.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    P: K 3160
    Cop SNG 270 = S 473a
    G SNG 2263 = S 474a
    Mu: 79
    V: GR 20165
    CNG 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 586
    Hauck & Aufhäuser 21, 17 Mar. 2009, lot 384
    Henseler 909
    Henseler 910
    Henseler 911 = Rauch 92, 22 Apr. 2013, lot 1374
    Hirsch 204, 1999, lot 740
    ✸ Hirsch 293, 25 Sept. 2013, lot 2849
    Hirsch 352, 25 Sept. 2019, lot 3032
    Kölner Münzkabinett 108, 7 Apr. 2018, lot 139
    Kölner Münzkabinett 121, 12–13 Apr. 2024, lot 323 = Emporium 4, 1985, lot 78
    Sydenham coll. 187
    vA 6489 = S 474b