RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68834)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68834)
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gadara
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗΟϹ = 278
Dating AD 214/15
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΟΝΕΙΝΟ(Ϲ)
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Ἀντωνεῖνος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Ἀντ{ο}<ω>νεῖνος
Translation Emperor Caesar Antoninus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΟΜ ΓΑΔΑΡΕ(ω)(Ν) Κ ϹΥ ΗΟϹ
Edition Πομπηιέων Γαδαρέων Κοίλης Συρίας ηοσʹ Πομ(πηιέων) Γαδαρέων Κ(οίλης) Συ(ρίας) ηοσʹ
Translation of the Pompeian Gadarans of Coele-Syria, 278
Reverse design temple with four columns; within Zeus seated left, holding eagle on extended right hand, left hand resting on sceptre; date in pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.74 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Spijkerman 73; Sofaer 76–77
Specimens 46 (6 in the core collections)
Note various positions for the rev. legend

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1908,0110.2469
    P: Y 28359.14
    P: 303
    P: Y 28359.13
    NY: 1944.100.69359 SNG 1324
    NY: 1961.154.199 SNG 1325
    Harvard: 2008.2.185
    IMJ Sofaer 76
    IMJ Sofaer 77
    Münster: M 5906 CNG EA 196, 1 Oct. 2008, lot 160
    CGT coll. (ex VCoins T. Vossen)
    CNG EA 210, 13 May 2009, lot 144
    CNG EA 337, 22 Oct. 2014, lot 252
    CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 316 = Sternberg XXXIV, 23 Oct. 1998, lot 423
    CNG EA 426, 8 Aug. 2018, lot 372 = CNG EA 407, 11 Oct. 2017, lot 317
    CNG EA 558, 20 Mar. 2024, lot 352 = CNG EA 265, 5 Oct. 2011, lot 278
    CNG EA 565, 3 July 2024, lot 452 = CNG EA 362, 28 Oct. 2015, lot 297
    CNG EA 567, 31 July 2024, lot 342 = Naville Numismatics 14, 22 Apr. 2015, lot 254
    CNG EA 77, 12 Nov. 2003, lot 91
    Goldberg 41, 27 May 2007, lot 2707
    Hirsch 346, 13 Feb. 2019, lot 2740 = CNG MBS 46, 1 Dec. 1998, lot 881
    Holy Land EA 18, 30 Jan. 2022, lot 306
    ✸ M&M GmbH 32, 26 May 2010, lot 407
    M&MD GmbH 18, 5 Oct. 2005, lot 1722
    Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 195 = Naville 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 259
    Naville Numismatics 51, 21 July 2019, lot 213 = Naville 42, 22 July 2018, lot 196
    Naville Numismatics 89, 12 May 2024, lot 235
    Priv. Coll.
    Savoca 122nd Blue Auction, 25 Dec. 2021, lot 823
    Schulten 15, 25 Oct. 1984, lot 931 = Sternberg 6, 25 Nov. 1976, lot 610
    Sternberg XXXIV, 23 Oct. 1998, lot 424
    Trade (Athena Coins, VCoins, 2020)
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    Trade (T. Vossen, VCoins, 2020)
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