RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 69153)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 69153)
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 ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἀντωνεῖνος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΜΙϹΩΝ ΚΟΛΩΝΙΑϹ ΗΚΦ
Edition Ἐμίσων κολωνίας ηκφʹ
Translation of the colony of the Emesans, 528
Reverse design temple with six columns on high 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 32 mm
Average weight 24.91 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note tooled?

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ P: Y 23879.247