RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68350)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68350)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Abila
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year ΚΟϹ = 270
Dating AD 206/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνῖνος Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝω Ε ΚΟϹ ΤΟ Δ
Edition Κοίλης Συρίας Σελευκέων Ἀβιληνῶν ἐκ οσʹ τὸ δʹ Κοί(λης) Συ(ρίας) Σε(λευκέων) Ἀβιληνῶ(ν) ἐκ οσʹ τὸ δʹ
Translation of Coele-Syria, of Seleucian Abilans, from 270, the fourth time(?)
Reverse design lighted altar within temple with six columns with pediment of central arch surmounted by statue of Nike, and two flanking towers with arched doors and windows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.18 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman 18; Sofaer 20; SNG ANS 1127; Meshorer, City Coins 214
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     NY: 1944.100.69220 SNG 1127 = Syria 36, 1959, p. 75 no. 1a = Meshorer, City Coins214
— —     IMJ Sofaer 20
— —     J-SBF: II, 120 Spijkerman 18.2
— —     J-SBF: III, 81 Spijkerman 18.3
— —     CNG EA 521, 3 Aug. 2022, lot 270
— —     Gorny & Mosch 302, 4 Mar. 2024, lot 345 = Goldberg 98, 6 June 2017, lot 1703 = CNG EA 355, 15 July 2015, lot 317
— —     M&M GmbH 11, 7 Nov. 2002, lot 185 = Müller 51, 14 Feb. 1986, lot 230
— —     ✸ Roma Numismatics XVI, 26 Sept. 2018, lot 436 = Goldberg 98, 6 June 2017, lot 1704
— —     Spijkerman 18.1
— —     Sternberg, Nov. 1976, lot 498
— —     Trade (Zurqieh, Vcoins, 2020)
— —     VAuctions 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 71