RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68353)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68353)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Abila
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year ƐΞϹ = 265
Dating AD 201/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of young Caracalla, right, seen from rear.
Reverse inscription ϹΕ ΑΒΙΛΗΝωΝ ΚΟΙ Ϲ ΕΞϹ
Edition Σελευκέων Ἀβιληνῶν Κοίλης Συρίας εξσʹ Σε(λευκέων) Ἀβιληνῶν Κοί(λης) Σ(υρίας) εξσʹ
Translation of Seleucian Abilans, of Coele-Syria, 265
Reverse design Heracles advancing nude, right, wrestling with the Nemean lion; club to right; date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.58 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Rosenberger 19; Spijkerman 20; Sofaer 19
Specimens 17 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    IMJ Sofaer 19
    J-SBF: I, 64 Spijkerman 20.1
    J-SBF: IV, 121 Spijkerman 20.2
    Münster: M 5810 ex CNG EA 209, 22 Apr. 2009, lot 278
   
    CGT coll.
    CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 195
    CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 6424
    ✸ Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 673
    Kaplun coll., ex Nummitra 94, 16 Nov. 2025, lot 360
    Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2438
    Nomos obolos 25, 23 Oct. 2022, lot 547
    Nomos obolos 33, 8 Sept. 2024, lot 884
    Savoca London 6 Blue, 5 Oct. 2019, lot 628
    Sternberg XXXIV, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 391 = Auctiones 27, 10 Dec. 1996, lot 412 = MMAG liste 593, Feb. 1996, lot 24 = Auctiones 25, 19 June 1995, lot 616 = MMAG liste 564, Apr. 1993, lot 54
    Trade (Athena Numismatics, Vcoins, 2020)
    Trade (Zurqieh, Vcoins, 2020)