RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69131)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69131)
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 ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑϹ ΖΚΦ
Edition Ἐμίσων Κολωνίας ζκφʹ
Translation of the colony of the Emesans, 527
Reverse design three-quarter right view of temple on high podium with sixteen columns represented; date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 27.46 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Μ retrograde on rev.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    CNG EA 528, 30 Nov. 2022, lot 288 = VAuctions 329, 6 Apr. 2018, lot 369
    ✸ VAuctions 321, 10 Nov. 2016, lot 72