RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69122)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69122)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year HKΦ = 528
Dating AD 216/17
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΜΙϹΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝ ΗΚΦ
Edition Ἐμίσων κολων(ίας) ηκφʹ
Translation of the colony of the Emesans, 528
Reverse design temple with six columns on podium, within sacred stone of El-Gabal on high decorated base, flanked by two parasols; in front of stone, eagle with wreath in beak; crescent in pediment; date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 22.37 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMC 16
Specimens 21 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: G.4491 BMC 16
    P: Chandon de Briailles 1522
    P: 992
    B: 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
    NY: 1944.100.66185
    NY: 1944.100.66184
    NY: 1948.19.2040
    NY: 1961.154.68
    NY: 1944.100.66187
    V: GR 21669
    V: GR 21670
    ✸ Baldwin’s 59–60, 5 May 2009, lot 761
    CNG EA 205, 25 Feb. 2009, lot 311
    CNG EA 235, 23 June 2010, lot 365
    CNG EA 244, 10 Nov. 2010, lot 345
    CNG EA 297, 27 Feb. 2013, lot 214
    CNG EA 330, 9 July 2014, lot 192
    CNG EA 426, 8 Aug. 2018, lot 353
    CNG EA 516, 18 May 2022, lot 404
    Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1113
    Zeus Numismatics 4, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 578