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 Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντωνῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝω Ε ΚΟϹ ΤΟ Δ
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)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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