RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69125)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69125)
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; in front of stone, eagle with wreath in beak; rectangular frame in pediment; date across field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 20.74 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference SNG München 817
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    Mu: 6 SNG 817
    NY: 1944.100.66186
    CNG EA 323, 26 Mar. 2014, lot 271
    ✸ CNG MBS 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 739
    Naumann 106, 1 Aug. 2021, lot 436 = Elsen 94, 15 Dec. 2007, lot 852