RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69132)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69132)
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 podium with fourteen columns represented; globe in pediment; date in exergue
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 22.70 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1946,1004.624 Oldroyd beq.
    P: 991
    O
    ✸ CNG EA 115, 25 May 2005, lot 299
    R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Monnaies et Médailles list 540, lot 21 = Platt Paris, 19–21 May 1921, lot 111