RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 66745)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 66745)
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Severus year 13
Dating AD 205
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ(Η)(ΛΙ) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρήλι(ος) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ(Ε)ΙΑϹ ΕΤ(Ο) ΙΓ, ΕΙϹ ΕΩΝΑ ΤΟΥϹ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ
Edition μητροπόλεως Καισαρείας ἔτους ιγʹ εἰς ἐῶνα τοὺς κυρίους μητροπό(λεως) Καισαρείας ἔτο(υς) ιγʹ εἰς ἐῶνα τοὺς κυρίου(ς)
Translation of the metropolis Caesarea, of year 13, for eternity, for the lords
Reverse design Mount Argaeus on inscribed altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.64 g
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference S 486; Ganschow 550
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note For the acclamation expressed on the reverse ('long life to the lords!'), see A. Burnett, 'Zela, Acclamations, Caracalla - and Parthia?', BICS 59.1 (2016), pp. 72-110, at 104. See also the type for Geta: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/66790
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     B: 18224032 383/1882 = ZfN XI, p. 52 = S 486
— —     NY: 1944.100.62581
— —     ✸ Henseler 898