RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68392)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68392)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Eleutheropolis
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 207/8
Obverse inscription Α Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤω ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβαστός Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐ(ρήλιος) Ἀντω(νεῖνος) Σε(βαστός)
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 ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡ, Ε Θ
Edition Λούκιος Σεπτίμιος Σεουῆρος Ἐλευθεροπολειτῶν ἔτους θʹ Λ(ούκιος) Σεπ(τίμιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἐλευθερ(οπολειτῶν) ἔ(τους) θʹ
Translation Lucius Septimius Severus, of the Eleutheropolitans, year 9
Reverse design Hadad (Zeus of Heliopolis) standing facing, wearing kalathos, holding whip in right hand and corn ear in left, flanked by two bulls; date across field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.70 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 4; Spijkerman 16.4; Rosenberger II, 15; SNG ANS 892; Meshorer, City-Coins 181; Sofaer 16
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1908,0110.1739 BMC 4
— —     ✸ NY: 2012.71.110
— —     NY: 1944.100.69033 SNG 892
— —     IMJ Sofaer 16
— —     Agora Auctions Numismatic 53, 5 Apr. 2016, lot 104
— —     CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 5292
— —     Meshorer, City-Coins 181 (Priv. Coll.)
— —     Rosenberger II, 15