RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 68928)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 68928)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year P∆ = 104
Dating AD 209/10
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝ Κ
Edition Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνεῖνος Καῖσαρ Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντων(εῖνος) Κ(αῖσαρ)
Translation Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΕ ΤΡ ΒΟϹΤΡΑ ΕΤ ΡΔ
Edition Νέα Τραϊανὴ Βόστρα ἔτους ρδʹ Νέ(α) Τρ(αϊανὴ) Βόστρα ἔτ(ους) ρδʹ
Translation New Trajanic Bostra, of year 104
Reverse design altar of Dusares with staircase; on top, pyramid of holy stones, composed of a large baetyl and over it pile of four flat stones; on right and left, two more baetyls, each topped by a single flat slab, two priests stand on altar flanking baetyls
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.17 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Kindler, Bostra 30; Meshorer, City-Coins 239
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     Tel Aviv Kindler, Bostra 30 pl.III.30
— —     ✸ Heritage Signature Sale 3003, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20576 = Meshorer, City-Coins 239 = Samuels 171