RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69124)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69124)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Emesa
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year ZKΦ = 527
Dating AD 215/16
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 ΚΟΛΩΝΙ ΖΚΦ
Edition Ἐμίσων Κολωνί(ας) ζκφʹ
Translation of the colony of the Emesans, 527
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; rectangular frame in pediment; date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 23.34 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 15
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L: G.2480 BMC 15
— —     P: 1002
— —     G SNG 3165
— —     Yale: 2009.110.132
— —     Breitsprecher
— —     CNG MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 651
— —     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 638