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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/68539 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | V.3 |
Number | — (unassigned; ID 68539) |
Province | Syria Palaestina |
Region | Samaria |
City | Sebaste |
Reign | Septimius Severus |
Person (obv.) | Caracalla (Augustus) |
Issue | Year ϹΚϚ = 226 |
Dating | AD 201/2 |
Obverse inscription | IMP C M AVR ANTON AVG |
Edition | Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Anton(inus) Aug(ustus) |
Translation | Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus |
Obverse design | laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of young Caracalla, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ ϹΥΡ L ϹΚϚ |
Edition | Σεβαστή Συρ(ίας) (ἔτους) σκϛʹ |
Translation | Sebaste of Syria, of year 226 |
Reverse design | Demeter holding torch in right hand and reins with left hand, standing left in biga of serpents proceeding to left and upwards from right; on left Triptolemus standing right holding pedum in right hand |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 25 mm |
Average weight | 15.40 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Meshorer, City-Coins 116; Sofaer 23 |
Specimens | 3 (0 in the core collections) |
Note | various positions for the date and rev. legend |