RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68385)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68385)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Eleutheropolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 201/2
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνῖνος Σεβαστὸς Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντων(ῖνος) Σε(βαστὸς)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Λ ϹΕΠ ϹΕ(Ο) ΕΛΕΥΘ Ε Γ
Edition Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Ἐλευθεροπολιτῶν ἔτους γʹ Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σεο(υῆρος) Ἐλευθ(εροπολιτῶν) ἔ(τους) γʹ
Translation Lucius Septimius Severus, of the Eleutheropolitans, year 3
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis right, wearing kalathos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.89 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman 17.5.1; Rosenberger II, 17
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG EA 191, 9 July 2008, lot 140
    CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 320
    Goldberg 106, 4 Sept. 2018, lot 1376 ('Diospolis')
    Gorny & Mosch 247, 10 Mar. 2017, lot 4591 = M&M GmbH 18, 5 Oct. 2005, lot 1692
    Kaplun coll.., ex Savoca Coins Blue 166th Blue, 17–18 June 2023, lot 1243 (Elagabalus, Nepolis)
    Rosenberger II, 17
    Rosenblum 33C, 22 May 2003, lot 108 = Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 349